At first I thought it was simply a play on the pronunciation, as in “MySQL” (my sequel) would be “my child”, but… nope “My” is literally his daughter’s name
I work for an international conglomerate. One of our major pieces of internal software is SUSAN named after the guys wife. I’ll never remember his name, but his wife will always be in my mind
On-Line Systems was renamed Sierra On-Line in 1982, and moved to Oakhurst, California.[6] The “Sierra” name was taken from the Sierra Nevada mountain range that Oakhurst was near
You may be thinking of the fact that it was founded by a married couple, Ken and Roberta Williams, with the latter being among the first prominent female game designers.
Yes, actually. That’s exactly what a software developer would do.
Remember the “Miranda” instant messaging client?
“Sierra” games?
Debian too!
Deb & Ian
Holy shit I never knew.
Not a happy ending. Better than reiserfs, though.
What’s the story behind Reiserfs?
Guy murdered his wife and buried her near their home.
Goddamn, I didn’t see that coming
(poor taste joke)
I guess she won’t be reising from the deadBut, has had support for his creation purged from the kernel.
Deborah*
“Debra”
Deb is short for both spellings.
and MySql, believe it or not
(well, it’s his daughter, not s.o., but still a loved one)
Sorry. English is not my first lang. Is there a name that sounds like mysql?
At first I thought it was simply a play on the pronunciation, as in “MySQL” (my sequel) would be “my child”, but… nope “My” is literally his daughter’s name
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And we can’t forget MariaDB
There’s also a MaxDB named after his son, guy’s a genius.
Flysequel
I work for an international conglomerate. One of our major pieces of internal software is SUSAN named after the guys wife. I’ll never remember his name, but his wife will always be in my mind
Yours too? She gets around
Photoshop too believe it or not.
Lol what?
Just like debian. Photo and Shop
When light kissed the building amidst of the darkness of this grim world, I literally cried, better love story than Twilight
Siri was Steve Jobs’ mistress
I thought Siri was an existing third-party app and Apple just acquired the company and built it into the OS.
Siri the prawn star?
You may be thinking of the fact that it was founded by a married couple, Ken and Roberta Williams, with the latter being among the first prominent female game designers.
Suse too believe it or not.
Microsoft too believe it or not.