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As if Google's Go programming language was not already named poorly enough, now somebody creates a CD service called Go. Very confusing!

kisitu 12y ago
apparently Thoughtworks has been building the Go continuous delivery tool as a custom product from even before Google made Go! I think the word "GO" hasn't been trademarked yet.
- ewalk153 12y ago
  I spent 5 minutes searching for the ".go" code before back-tracking to the project site[1] to verify that it was a Java/JRuby project. Even if they started the project first, it can't take that long to add 1 line to the readme for clarity. [1] http://www.go.cd/contribute/ http://www.go.cd/contribute/
  - srinivasupadhya 12y ago
    Did the change. https://github.com/gocd/gocd/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/gocd/gocd/blob/master/README.md. Hope it helps.
- bndr 12y ago
  On their website it says: "Go™ is officially Open Source" [1]. So maybe they trademarked it? [1] http://www.thoughtworks.com/ http://www.thoughtworks.com/
  - twchad 12y ago
    Yeah, we did trademark it. Trademark's are pretty narrow - computer language isn't likely to be confused with a CD tool.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 12y ago
  Speaking of golang (go), this slide [0] lists breaking new ground in programming language research as a non-goal. That may include language name research. [0] http://talks.golang.org/2014/research.slide#7 http://talks.golang.org/2014/research.slide#7
bguthrie 12y ago
ThoughtWorks first released the commercial product that would become Go in 2008. It was rebranded later, shortly after the public announcement of Golang. Yes, it was a confusing move, but at the time there was no reason to believe that a programming language might conflict with a continuous delivery tool. Golang has produced a large and robust community, so of course it's confusing now. But it didn't come out of nowhere.
arvindsv 12y ago
Might be hard to do, since it has been around for a while, but here's the Github issue on the project about the name: https://github.com/gocd/gocd/issues/131 https://github.com/gocd/gocd/issues/131

kisitu 12y ago

apparently Thoughtworks has been building the Go continuous delivery tool as a custom product from even before Google made Go! I think the word "GO" hasn't been trademarked yet.

ewalk153 12y ago
I spent 5 minutes searching for the ".go" code before back-tracking to the project site[1] to verify that it was a Java/JRuby project. Even if they started the project first, it can't take that long to add 1 line to the readme for clarity. [1] http://www.go.cd/contribute/ http://www.go.cd/contribute/
- srinivasupadhya 12y ago
  Did the change. https://github.com/gocd/gocd/blob/master/README.md https://github.com/gocd/gocd/blob/master/README.md. Hope it helps.
bndr 12y ago
On their website it says: "Go™ is officially Open Source" [1]. So maybe they trademarked it? [1] http://www.thoughtworks.com/ http://www.thoughtworks.com/
- twchad 12y ago
  Yeah, we did trademark it. Trademark's are pretty narrow - computer language isn't likely to be confused with a CD tool.
0xdeadbeefbabe 12y ago
Speaking of golang (go), this slide [0] lists breaking new ground in programming language research as a non-goal. That may include language name research. [0] http://talks.golang.org/2014/research.slide#7 http://talks.golang.org/2014/research.slide#7

bguthrie 12y ago

ThoughtWorks first released the commercial product that would become Go in 2008. It was rebranded later, shortly after the public announcement of Golang. Yes, it was a confusing move, but at the time there was no reason to believe that a programming language might conflict with a continuous delivery tool. Golang has produced a large and robust community, so of course it's confusing now. But it didn't come out of nowhere.

arvindsv 12y ago

Might be hard to do, since it has been around for a while, but here's the Github issue on the project about the name: https://github.com/gocd/gocd/issues/131 https://github.com/gocd/gocd/issues/131