Comments on: What’s in a name? http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/whats-in-a-name/ Conning people into thinking I'm intelligent. Since 1982. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2209 Swaroop Mon, 11 Dec 2006 19:14:51 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.info/archives/2006/12/07/whats-in-a-name/#comment-2209 <p>@Srikanth : But a cool name can spawn many more things. Think iPod and podcasting. I don't think 'zunecasting' would have had a similar effect ;-)</p> <p>@Santosh, @PizzaDude : Yep, you'll get to know the name soon (I think).</p> @Srikanth : But a cool name can spawn many more things. Think iPod and podcasting. I don’t think ‘zunecasting’ would have had a similar effect ;-)

@Santosh, @PizzaDude : Yep, you’ll get to know the name soon (I think).

]]> By: PizzaDude http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2208 PizzaDude Fri, 08 Dec 2006 04:39:19 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.info/archives/2006/12/07/whats-in-a-name/#comment-2208 <p>Wow!! Adobe accepting a name suggested by you... Curious about the name. Btw, just checked out the photos of Brahmagiri. They are amazing!!</p> Wow!! Adobe accepting a name suggested by you… Curious about the name.
Btw, just checked out the photos of Brahmagiri. They are amazing!!

]]> By: Santosh http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2207 Santosh Fri, 08 Dec 2006 01:20:46 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.info/archives/2006/12/07/whats-in-a-name/#comment-2207 <p>Congrats Swaroop :) looking forward to hear that name. I too believe there is lot in naming it right.</p> Congrats Swaroop :) looking forward to hear that name.
I too believe there is lot in naming it right.

]]> By: Srikanth Thunga http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2206 Srikanth Thunga Thu, 07 Dec 2006 17:08:55 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.info/archives/2006/12/07/whats-in-a-name/#comment-2206 <p>I am pretty sure that those products(Pentium, ...) would have been successful even if they had a lousy name. Case in point is Wii. There was so much hoopla around it being such a lousy name when it was announced in April 06 and now, nobody even cares about it.</p> <p>A name competition in Microsoft could have provided better names for zune, just like you did at Adobe. Btw, Adobe accepting your suggestion is pretty cool! :)</p> I am pretty sure that those products(Pentium, …) would have been successful even if they had a lousy name. Case in point is Wii. There was so much hoopla around it being such a lousy name when it was announced in April 06 and now, nobody even cares about it.

A name competition in Microsoft could have provided better names for zune, just like you did at Adobe. Btw, Adobe accepting your suggestion is pretty cool! :)

]]> By: Sriram Krishnan http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2205 Sriram Krishnan Thu, 07 Dec 2006 12:10:44 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.info/archives/2006/12/07/whats-in-a-name/#comment-2205 <p>I remember Jobs paying someone a similar amount of money to design the 'Next' cube logo</p> I remember Jobs paying someone a similar amount of money to design the ‘Next’ cube logo

]]> By: Ankur http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-2204 Ankur Thu, 07 Dec 2006 10:24:39 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.info/archives/2006/12/07/whats-in-a-name/#comment-2204 <p>That's one interesting post ...</p> That’s one interesting post …

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