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dcminterlast Tuesday at 10:37 PM1 replyview on HN

Ah yes, I call this "brandfucking."

IBM used to be a repeat offender. I recall trying to buy the WebSphere (Java) application server for a client and then finding out that IBM had slapped "WebSphere" on all their products including things like¹ MQ Series (a queue) and DB/2 (a database). It took me an hour to figure out the right item and it was an online purchase!

¹I might be misremembering the exact products but it was similarly absurd.


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SoftTalkeryesterday at 1:41 AM

They were sticking “Watson” on all their product names for a while too.

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