> Woot.com has no legal statement whatsoever, and "woot" was used in > Chaucer's time, so it's pretty old. Gamers have been using "Woot!" > for a long time, too. It's a common enough word that can mean > multiple things. Also, WOOT! cannot be confused with what woot.com > does. > > I don't think they'll have a problem with it.
Even if that's the case, I think giving your professional application a name that is very similar to a well-know, somewhat anti-establishment with a very happy-go-lucky attitude sales web site is asking for an uphill marketing battle. How certain are you that the target market for your application won't find the name choice a bit, well, goofy? If WOOT! was a acronym for a longer name, that would probably fly, but otherwise it seems to merely be an attempt to be hip and clever which may be lost on your audience. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:263610 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
