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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mosh Teitelbaum [mailto:mosh.teitelbaum@;evoch.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:16 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: ColdFusion Defense (WAS: OT:Yahoo moving to PHP)
>
>
> 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
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