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September 15, 2002
Code names

The next release at work now has a code name, and it's Maxwell. In the email announcing this the CTO said the name was taken from Maxwell Smart. He's described in the previous link with the adjectives Annoying, Cheap, Clumsy, Demanding, Dumb, Hilarious, Loyal, and Trustworthy.

If the code name is going to be Maxwell I'd prefer it came from James Clerk Maxwell. Most famous for the Maxwell-Boltzmann kinetic theory of gasses and the Maxwell equations of the electromagnetic field. James Clerk Maxwell already has at least a radio telescope and a foundation named after him. I don't know of anything named after Maxwell Smart.

Perhaps a fictional character is safer. You may remember the problems Apple had when they code named a release Sagan.

Posted by Alex at September 15, 2002 08:21 PM
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