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Why is it called Crondom? It sounds a bit like some form of 'protection' for cron.
by makuro 16y ago
Why is it called Crondom? It sounds a bit like some form of 'protection' for cron.
- endlessvoid94 16y agoThat was also my first thought.
- uuilly 16y agoIt's a perfect name b/c I don't need this tool now, but I probably will later. And I will never, EVER forget the name. Kudos.
- delano 16y agoIt's great to live in a time when developers can build products for other developers.
- mike-cardwell 16y agoWhen was that ever not the case?
- delano 16y agoThe key word was products, i.e. making a living from building tools for other developers. There are many more developer-run companies today than there were 10 years ago and the number will continue to grow. There have never been more opportunities to do that than right now.
- chc 16y agoAFAIK, it's actually the opposite — only recently is this a hard thing, with the proliferation of OSS development tools.
- delano 16y agoOSS is an opportunity. It's not about the software; it's about the services and the ecosystem. There are a lot of people making money from Wordpress plugins, themes, and development.
- gibsonf1 16y agoI was thinking an image of a "hot babe" on the landing page would add a little more humor to the domain name.
- moeffju 16y agoNo, it would merely add sexism. Don't be sexist.
- catshirt 16y agoI actually didn't even consider that far; I stopped after "why would you name your product something like condom". To be fair, it's a solid idea that I imagine would do well regardless of the name. To continue being fair, it's hard to picture the name not being a point of friction in at least some scenarios For instance, picking the name out of a list of possible choices. There are unfortunately likely more limiting scenarios than that.
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- mathgladiator 16y agoI'll probably launch a better brand-name that's more family safe, but when I thought up this name my gut instinct was a giant "YES, this is so awesome".
- mike-cardwell 16y agoYou're not selling to families. You're selling to sysadmins and developers. Crondom is a perfect name.
- HeyLaughingBoy 16y agoHe's selling to sysadmins and developers many (most?) of whom will have to get management approval to purchase. The name can definitely be a limiting factor to sales.
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- buddydvd 16y agoBecause it sounds like Pingdom?
- mathgladiator 16y agoI got the idea from pingdom.com , and then I put crondom.com together and my mind was utterly juvenile and told me "WOW, this is the best thing EVAR".