Kandalf: request for review

Loren Burkholder computersemiexpert at outlook.com
Tue Dec 12 12:58:51 GMT 2023


On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 1:59:22 AM EST Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> On Dienstag, 12. Dezember 2023 06:23:07 CET Ömer Fadıl USTA wrote:
> > On Tue, Dec 12, 2023, 07:40 Loren Burkholder wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I've settled on "Kognos" as a good name for this app. (I'm not creative
> > > enough to come up with the name myself; fittingly, this name was generated
> > > by ChatGPT.) Only after I had already changed the sources to say "Kognos"
> > > instead of "Kandalf" did I think to look the name up online; it seems that
> > > there was a company called Kognos, but they were bought out and the name
> > > was retired a year or two ago, so I don't think that we're in danger of a
> > > naming collision. Furthermore, the US Patent and Trademark Office doesn't
> > > have Kognos listed as a registered trademark. With that being said, I'm
> > > all
> > > for staying within the law, so if you have legitimate reason to think that
> > > Kognos is not acceptable, let me know.
> >
> > isnt cognos ( not k but c ) IBM's software ?
> 
> Indeed. IBM Cognos Analytics (https://www.ibm.com/products/cognos-analytics).
> 
> Regards,
> Ingo
> 
Well, so much for Kognos then. I guess it's back to the drawing board. Again, if anybody has a suggestion please let me know; I'm having trouble finding names that sound reasonable and aren't already taken for other AI products.

Loren
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