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[AdvMutant]

Yea welcome to my thread etc. etc. -_-'
As you may know, I'm developing an IDE and the thing that bothers me the most is the name. I want to first invent a primary name for my company, and then for the software itself. Here are some variants I came up with -

Nadesoft
Effective
Unique
Onebyte
Bugsize
Ethanol
Mike
Mikesoft
Coded

I need different names, suggestions and opinions. Say the software's name is xxx, so I'm gonna call it Nadesoft xxx, Mike xxx, Unique xxx... You get the idea. Just tell me which one you like the best, if you have some tips on finding names or a cool name that you invented yourself, I'd be happy to hear it.

Thanks, Mike!

[BlaineSch]

I'm horrible with names, but definitely stay away from names that sound like existing companies. Not only will this cause issues with you and that company but it won't be unique enough for people to remember.

For example, if you were Mikesoft I'd probably go to Microsoft's website after seeing one of your commercials and barely heard the name.

[TeenChristian]

Effective or Unique would be cool because when you put the company name in front of the product it would be like. Effective IDE It would flow :) Know what I'm saying?

[PETTE]

Nadesoft
Bugsize
Coded

I think the above are more company like names. Bugsize and coded are really good and are names I would use. The others are too typical and some strange they're not so easy to remember. A name like Mikesoft does not sound too professional.

[lor]

I would recommend a name that describes the software you are producing, the names you currently have don't reallyyyy indicate to me what your software does, e.g. Ethanol - uh are you trying to appeal to drunks? lol

[AdvMutant]

@BlaineSch, I didn't notice that, thanks.

@TeenChristian and lor, I try to produce something special, portable, and very highly customizable. I'm trying to create an IDE, where you can customize toolbars, buttons and dialogues with .cgf files. Same goes for the compiler and text - you chose the compiler you like, set the arguments, and then you can compile any language. As about the text, you can chose how to color it and when. For example, you write the following line in say color.cfg -
on "//" setcolor green till endOfLine;
The IDE reads it and knows to color the text in green till the next line, every time the user types a "//" in the codebox.
I'm not sure how much of the mentioned I can archive in actual coding, but I have the general program in mind. Once I'll figure out how to use either Qt or wxWidgets(not sure which I like better), I'll be ready to start coding.

I think the name 'Unique' fits better.

[John]

In my opinion:
Nadesoft - It doesn't sound very professional.
Bugsize - You generally wan't to avoid bugs, and having "bug" in the name is a bad start.
Coded - You are limiting your market to programmers
Ethanol - I have to agree with Lor
Mike / Mikesoft - I have to agree with BlainSch
Onebyte - Not sure
Effective / Unique - I have to agree with TeenChristian, both of these names are VERY marketable, although there will probably be legal issues.

[AdvMutant]

Yeah, I knew finding a name would be hard...

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Coded - You are limiting your market to programmers

What does it mean? That only programmers can join my company?

[lor]

Your market size is the consumers

[DEViANT]

Spandex!

[AdvMutant]

Well, as I mentioned, I'm making an IDE.

[TeenChristian]

What is your opinion on each name AdvMutant?