On 12/9/05, qvx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm developing an in-house solution here at my company using TG, and > all I've told to my boss is that it is using a Python web framework. I > omitted the TurboGears part, because the name doesn't sound serious or > "professional". Personally, I like the name, and it is somewhat in > the spirit of Python, but it doesn't compete well with all those > other mouthful "Enterprise" names. Just by saying it to other > colleagues, who are using Oracle AS, J2EE, WebSphere and others, they > think: where does he just find those "things/toys"? > > I ment no offence :)
None taken. Naming is an interesting thing (and particularly hard these days, given what it takes to find an available domain name). Domain name issues aside, finding a name that conveys the right image and has the right "feel" is very difficult. I don't think "Yahoo!" and "Google" are serious sounding, but these are both well-respected multibillion dollar businesses. What company would want to place a job posting on "Monster"? Lots, actually. Sounding like "Oracle AS", "J2EE" and even "WebSphere" is not what we want. TurboGears is the anti-J2EE. It's for a shop that's ready to take the plunge and do agile development. We've got an "agile, AJAX-enabled, Web 2.0-compliant, lightweight framework", so I think we're plenty buzzword compliant. The TurboGears name is just not fully established yet, but articles and books and the like will help over time. I doubt "Ruby On Rails" sounded particularly serious to many folks when David first introduced it. Kevin -- Kevin Dangoor Author of the Zesty News RSS newsreader email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] company: http://www.BlazingThings.com blog: http://www.BlueSkyOnMars.com
