[isamuel]

Name collision researcher here!

This made me curious and I started doing research on other problematic name collisions. Did you know that Valve’s game distribution service has a name that’s already widely used in the scientific community for the gaseous form of heated water? It looks like steam has been around for several centuries at least so Valve really ought to have known better.

Anyway, if you’re interested, I’m putting together a long investigation on whether Microsoft’s flagship operating system is in collision with a very common term used in the construction and glass industry. Hope to have it done soon

[TazeTSchnitzel]

Both things called “steampipe” are cloud-based technology services. They even both involve a CDN. They're close enough to be confusing. The name of a gas isn't. This is silly.

[c0mptonFP]

Try starting a technology company called Apple, and tell me how that works out for you.

aCtUaLLy, aPpLes hAvE eXisTeD bEfoRe 1976