S. Isaac Dealey wrote: > > Cute or otherwise, it's IMO a valid marketing ploy. It helps to tie the > > product/site/whatever to its technology/user base/whatever. I certainly > > prefer names like "CF_foo" (House of Foosion?) to "Foo++ Gold Anniversary > > Edition." The latter name is of no use whatsoever. > > I disagree that this is really useful, but I'll leave it at that. "Foo++ > Gold Aniversary Edition" would probably have the same sort of use in > marketing if you were selling a product directly related to something > marketed toward C++ programmers called Foo ... Which is roughly equivalent > of marketing something to cf programmers with cf_gold ... cf_anything is > completely meaningless to anyone who's not a cf programmer, just as Foo++ > would be meaningless to people not familiar with C++.
My (apparently poor 8^>) example was meant to focus more on the "Gold Anniversary Edition" portion. The point being that a "CF" prefix (just like a "++" postfix) is more useful than some other common naming conventions like "Gold," "Platinum," "Anniversary Edition," etc. When naming a product, I would think you'd want to come up with a name that has to do with the purpose of the product. Granted it's certainly not a requirement (DreamWeaver?) but it's certainly more suggestive of what the product does. Similarly, a "CF" prefix suggests that the product has to do with Cold Fusion. Not really useful, I agree. Dunno... maybe it's just a personal feeling sort of thing. -- Mosh Teitelbaum evoch, LLC Tel: (301) 625-9191 Fax: (301) 933-3651 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: http://www.evoch.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
