Nathann Cohen wrote: > What would be the problem in using Sagemath, as it is the name of the > website for example ? > Besides, what is the use of such a procedure for Sage ?
I personally do not like Sagemath. Someone else expressed that view too. I personally prefer the name 'Sage' but I do foresee it having it running into problems at one point or another. There have been plenty of software products change names. SunOS -> Solaris is the obvious one I can think of, but others have done it too. http://www.software-marketing-advisor.com/software-name.html has 10 rules for choosing a name for software. The first is: #1 Do ensure that your product name is not already in use by someone else, and there are no legal/trademark issues with using it. I think 'Sage' fails that test myself. At the time it was first thought of, I doubt William considered the possible use in financial markets. But that seems quite likely to me now, given both Mathematica and MATLAB have financial toolboxes. In fact, documenting the reason for a name change, would show the wide range of areas to which Sage could be put. 'OpenMath' is one option I could think of, but I'm sure others could come up with something better. Dave --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
