Thanks for that Robert. As the bard said, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet", and I'll stick with Tango/Witango/<insert other name here> no matter the moniker.
Wayne Irvine On 21/10/2010, at 1:14 AM, Robert Shubert wrote: > All - > > I understand your feelings on this matter. > > Since I'm trying to be a little more open with my community, I will spill a > few of my own thoughts on this situation. > > First off, "Tango" was a name used for a computer product from a Canadian > Corporation. When Pervasive purchased Everyware outright, they certainly > gained the rights to use "Tango" in Canada, but they renamed the product to > "Tango 2000". There are probably a few reasons for this, but they were likely > not able to, or not willing to acquire the rights to use "Tango" in the US. > When With Imagination purchased the software, this was again likely the case, > and they decided to use a never before seen word "Witango" rather than chase > down the legal standing of the previous names of the product. > > I'm now in a similar position. My hunch is that the word "Tango" is not > available in the US market. I haven't asked my lawyer to look into the matter > yet, but I suspect that I'll find out that some other company has the word > locked up tight, or that it still lies in the hands of Pervasive. > > Leaving the legal side of things, there are several other aspects to > consider. I decided back at the beginning that my first strategic goal was to > produce version 6 and sell it to current users and people who already knew of > the product. I determined that this was the best way forward and this group > of people either (like yourselves) knew the product by many names, or only > know the product as Witango (it was its name for 9 years after all). Whatever > the case, selling "Witango" wasn't going to cause me any problems with this > crowd, even if the word doesn't roll off the tongue. > > I do realize that there might be some negative connotations with people in > this group, but I figure it's still an overall better course of action to > send them an email with a name they recognize, than one they don’t. > > There is also a pragmatic aspect to this decision. Simply finding and > replacing "Witango" with "Tango" or any other word would've added a > considerable amount of work to the project. Work I consider secondary to the > development and release of version 6. > > That said, we are likely to rebrand the product to an entirely new name > within the next year. Initially I thought that I would wait until version 7 > (2-3 years), but as we lay out our development and marketing plans, it's > looking like we should change it a little sooner. We will announce our plans > when they have been solidified. > > Thank you for your comments. Feedback on all aspects of Witango is incredibly > helpful. I've already added features and made some significant changes to > product development based on information from users. > > Best, > > Robert > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wayne Irvine [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 5:14 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Witango-Talk: What's in a name? > > A rose would smell as sweet, yadda yadda. > > Just wondering about the name 'Witango'. I knew the product when it was > called Tango, which had a nice ring to it and brought about images of serious > gentlemen and ravishing ladies entwined in something that was midway between > a dance and a domestic. > > I believe the name change was force on 'With Imagination' (there's a clue to > where the WI came from) when they negotiated rights to the product from > Everywhere (IIRC). I wonder if this requirement is still valid? > > I for one would love a return to the old name now that With Imagination (who > proved to be 'without' at least as far as Tango went) are no longer part of > the equation. > > Might also make the logo design a bit simpler. > > Wayne irvine > > ---------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] > with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body. > ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [email protected] with "unsubscribe witango-talk" in the body.
