Howdy, >Did he have to get the name approved? Was he working for Sun? Did he know >tomcat is going to be so popular.
No (not formally, anyways, but more like an informal conversation with other developers), yes, and no. >What do people outside of computer world think of the name 'tomcat'? Like Don't know, as I'm not outside the computer world ;) You can always conduct a survery, but I since I doubt people outside the computer world have heard of the tomcat server, I don't know what kind of results your survery would yield. >friends:0 talking about it. I am asking mostly in terms of marketing. For >example, most of people on this list would think Apache sounds much better >than IIS. I certainly like the name Apache better than I do IIS. But be careful jumping to broader marketing conclusions without grounding them in research, i.e. representative polls and surverys. Personally, I tend to like names with meaning, like Apache, Tomcat, Weblogic, Hibernate, better than generic names like Internet Information Server, [CompanyName] Workflow Engine, etc, because the former names are more interesting, intriguing, make you think a bit. Yoav Shapira This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
