alt Hacker NewsI feel like 1 is a self correcting problem. If this goes nowhere it will soon be forgotten.
I can think of one example that did go somewhere: Linux.
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EvanKnowles • today at 8:59 AM
Feels like a bonus to me.
globular-toast • today at 9:42 AM
Linus did not name it Linux himself: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux#Naming
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ReiserFS is another one that comes to mind.
And djb (the djb) also wrote djbdns.
There are plenty of examples, usually when it coincides with someone’s first project.