Microsoft’s naming guy answers

May 2, 2006 By

David Webster, the guy who runs naming at Microsoft, answered my post and various commenters here.

He says "simpler, better names" are coming. "I’m certainly not trying to “cancel Christmas” as one of the posters suggested."

Every Microsoft employee who names things should spend some time with David (he has a challenge for them, and corrects me too). I'm trying to get David to come on video to talk about his approach and how he's trying to change our naming strategy.

I think you'd enjoy meeting him and everyone who names things would learn from him.

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  • http://www.darrenstraight.com/ Darren Straight

    Great, I do hope you manage to get him on video! :)

  • http://www.darrenstraight.com Darren Straight

    Great, I do hope you manage to get him on video! :)

  • Diego

    Who’s responsible for the name PowerShell? :) Obviously someone who has no idea about naming.

    Please, just go back to Monad. Even your own web site has trouble finding the name:

    http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MourningMonadThisWholeMonadMSHMicrosoftCommandShellPowerShellThingIsTearingMeUpInside.aspx

  • Diego

    Who’s responsible for the name PowerShell? :) Obviously someone who has no idea about naming.

    Please, just go back to Monad. Even your own web site has trouble finding the name:

    http://www.hanselman.com/blog/MourningMonadThisWholeMonadMSHMicrosoftCommandShellPowerShellThingIsTearingMeUpInside.aspx

  • anonymous

    Just another comment on Apple. Apple seems to have issues with its company name itself, “Apple”. I guess they are fighting this law suite the third time.

  • anonymous

    Just another comment on Apple. Apple seems to have issues with its company name itself, “Apple”. I guess they are fighting this law suite the third time.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Diego: unfortunately Monad tested badly, so that name isn’t coming back.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Diego: unfortunately Monad tested badly, so that name isn’t coming back.

  • http://larrymyers.com/ Larry

    How about iShell? Wait, wait … no, scratch that.

  • http://larrymyers.com Larry

    How about iShell? Wait, wait … no, scratch that.

  • http://alfredo.octavio.net/ Alfredo Octavio

    Why everything from Microsoft is “coming” and never “here now”

  • http://alfredo.octavio.net/ Alfredo Octavio

    Why everything from Microsoft is “coming” and never “here now”

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Alfredo: my Xbox 360 is here now. Yours is coming, sorry.

  • http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/ Robert Scoble

    Alfredo: my Xbox 360 is here now. Yours is coming, sorry.

  • http://alfredo.octavio.net/ Alfredo Octavio

    Just judging by the fact that you have to over pay at Amazon I wouldn’t say the 360 is here now. Wasn’t the scarcity supposed to be over a month ago? I suggest you start asking the people around you if they have pass the PMP Certification…

  • http://alfredo.octavio.net/ Alfredo Octavio

    Just judging by the fact that you have to over pay at Amazon I wouldn’t say the 360 is here now. Wasn’t the scarcity supposed to be over a month ago? I suggest you start asking the people around you if they have pass the PMP Certification…

  • http://jimthompson.org/ Jim Thompson

    *COUGH*Bob*COUGH*

  • http://jimthompson.org/ Jim Thompson

    *COUGH*Bob*COUGH*

  • http://tfl09.blogspot.com/ Thomas Lee

    I hear what Naming Guy says. So why didn’t he do a google search on PowerShell (turns out two products use this name)?

  • http://tfl09.blogspot.com Thomas Lee

    I hear what Naming Guy says. So why didn’t he do a google search on PowerShell (turns out two products use this name)?

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