Like the subject says... what does this have to do with ColdFusion? Perhaps it's better suited to an off-topic list. :o/
Cheers, Chris Adam Churvis wrote: >>> 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. >> > > Our marketing guru, Ugata B. Kidden, tells us that this simply isn't the > case. Perhaps you remember him as Dr. Ugata B. Kidden, the recently deposed > Minister of the Treasury of Uganda. We spent a lot of money freeing him from > that jail cell, and ever since, he's returned the favor with some really > spiffy marketing knowledge that's just swell. > > Hey-- Woot's just a really cool and useful product, and we constantly called > out "Woot!" while working on the project and hitting milestones, so what the > hell, you know? > > > > Respectfully, > > Adam Phillip Churvis > Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer > BlueDragon Alliance Founding Committee > > > > Get advanced intensive Master-level training in > C# & ASP.NET 2.0 for ColdFusion Developers at > ProductivityEnhancement.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:263648 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
