Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 20, 2005 09:17 PM
But one thing they do well is name their products simply and to the point.
No they don't. They name there products with generic, non-specific names used in everyday English, thus causing endless confusion. Nobody can talk about a word processor without mentioning word. Nobody can talk about accessing a database without mentioning access. Nobody can talk about a windowing system without mentioning windows.
It's not clever, it's a classic example of irresponsible marketing 'droids perverting the language for their own ends to get some unconscious advertising in. Language inflation in a sense. Other vendors at least try to come up with unique names so there's no confusion and no manipulation.
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Re:OT: Naming
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 20, 2005 09:17 PMBut one thing they do well is name their products simply and to the point.
No they don't. They name there products with generic, non-specific names used in everyday English, thus causing endless confusion. Nobody can talk about a word processor without mentioning word. Nobody can talk about accessing a database without mentioning access. Nobody can talk about a windowing system without mentioning windows.
It's not clever, it's a classic example of irresponsible marketing 'droids perverting the language for their own ends to get some unconscious advertising in. Language inflation in a sense. Other vendors at least try to come up with unique names so there's no confusion and no manipulation.
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