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Re: java software naming question

From Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: java software naming question
Date 2013-01-07 08:34 -0800
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On Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:03:09 -0800, Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org>
wrote:

>On 1/7/2013 1:11 AM, mcheung63@gmail.com wrote:
>> Hi
>>     My name is Peter, Asisn, In internet, western people love to name their software with a "s" ending, suchs as : windows, google docs.
>>     What is the reason? Is it easier to pronounce with a "s" sound? If my software doesn't end with a "s", will western people think it is hard to say that word?

>An MS Windows system does not just have one window. Google Documents did
>not just support one document. Google switched to singular for Google
>Drive, presumably because all of a given user's documents appear to be
>on one virtual drive.
>
>I think the general rule is that if the software named for something
>user visible for which the user will see multiple instances it is likely
>to have a plural name.

     True in general.

     Counterexample: Microsoft Word.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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  Re: java software naming question Patricia Shanahan <pats@acm.org> - 2013-01-07 07:03 -0800
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    Re: java software naming question Gene Wirchenko <genew@telus.net> - 2013-01-07 08:34 -0800
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