Comments on: Cruise != CruiseControl

By: ThoughtWorks Studios Go

ThoughtWorks Studios Go — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 12:59:56 +0000

[...] base the name for their new, commercially licensed Continuous Integration server on the old. That didn’t work out so well. The response to the confusion about the products has been interesting however: ThoughtWorks have [...]

By: simpsonjulian

simpsonjulian — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:48:58 +0000

The tagline is a goon ‘un. It hints at the real USP of the product.

By: Jez

Jez — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 22:29:13 +0000

Li Guanglei gave us our tagline: “release, relax”.

By: Guanglei Li

Guanglei Li — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:36:15 +0000

I had proposed another name, which is “Bingle”.
1. “B” for “Build management”
2. It sounds like “Bingo”
3. It looks like “Mingle”(”M” could be for “Management”), brother of the Studios family

By: simpsonjulian

simpsonjulian — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:46:11 +0000

Hi Banos,

I decided to post about it because the TW Studios guys told me that they were always having to clarify the name

By: Banos

Banos — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:18:23 +0000

It was a bad idea ThoughtWorks calling the new product Cruise given the confusion. I cant believe they did that The fact you felt the need to post about it is enough. It really should have been born of a new name. We dont just refer to CruiseControl as Cruise, but an entire CI environment is referred to as Cruise! Sheesh!