fyi, I am not sure why but you will get downvoted to oblivion for asking this very reasonable question.
Obviously it is a bad idea.
You as IT head: "Hi Managerial members! Can you approve my budget increase for CockroachDB?"
Them: "Um ... WTF?"
For whatever reason though, if you point out this obvious ramification of naming something meant for B2B a really stupid name, you will get attacked and downvoted.
IDK if it is just because people brought it up before, or CDB employees brigade it or what, but that is what happens.
> For whatever reason though, if you point out this obvious ramification of naming something meant for B2B a really stupid name, you will get attacked and downvoted.
Sooo many posts about projects will have comments / arguments about the project name. It's stupid, there's another project with the same / similar name, it should have been named this...
It's boring, requires no effort, and doesn't touch the actual subject matter of the post.
> IDK if it is just because people brought it up before, or CDB employees brigade it
I don't think a conspiracy is necessary to explain this phenomenon.
I can see a bit of an issue with innocently naming your OS app the same as something else that is already established but you were unaware of. Ok. Maybe that person even is happy to get that information.
That is not the same as this.
Also, some people (not everyone) might not read every single story on HN or do in-depth research before making a comment that is perfectly reasonable .. like the OP.
Obviously it is a bad idea.
You as IT head: "Hi Managerial members! Can you approve my budget increase for CockroachDB?"
Them: "Um ... WTF?"
For whatever reason though, if you point out this obvious ramification of naming something meant for B2B a really stupid name, you will get attacked and downvoted.
IDK if it is just because people brought it up before, or CDB employees brigade it or what, but that is what happens.