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The XBMC Project Will Now Be Called Kodi
An anonymous reader writes: Citing the problems caused by the lack of legal control over the current name and its long outdated origins as the reasons for the change, The Xbox Media Center team announced that they will switch the project's name to Kodi when version 14 is released later this year. If you're wondering how they picked the name Kodi, here's what they said: "We considered a TON of names. We had a number of requirements for the new name, such as being reasonably pronounceable in various languages and not be a mouthful to say, not be used as a trademark for someone else's media-related product, be easy to remember, etc. The group came up with a list of names and had our lawyer go over them. We then got back a smaller list that had been checked for various legal issues, and then we voted on the final name."
Zune sounds like "tune". Easy to remember and easy to tell it's for media. Name was discontinued two years ago.
Bing = "Bing Is Not Google". Easy to remember.
Works is very obvious. If you can't tell what it's for by name, then you have brain damage. Product was discontinued seven years ago.
Visio sounds like "vision", as in "having a vision", which is exactly what the software facilitates the development of. Easy.
Vizact hasn't been around in fourteen years.
Bob hasn't been around in nineteen years.