Mozilla Announces "Thunderbolt" as an Open-Source, Enterprise AI Client (opens in new tab)

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25 pointsPalmik23d ago11 comments

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Truly incredible.

You paid people how much money to pick a name that is going to get thrown out in the next 12 months as everyone keeps thinking you said Thunderbird.

nunobrito23d ago

Or that they are talking about the thunderbolt cable from Apple: https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Thunderbolt

A truly poor name choice.

Kirby6423d ago

Not just relegated to Apple. That’s just the trade name for the Thunderbolt interface used on any of the “one cable to connect your dock to your laptop” devices. It all uses Thunderbolt 3, 4, or 5 these days and is on USB-C. I’ve got a Dell dock that is specifically a thunderbolt dock.

dlcarrier23d ago

I thought they said Thunderbird.

It wasn't until I saw your comment that I realized they didn't re-use the name of their email client.

QuercusMax23d ago

Same. This is epically bad branding.

throwa35626223d ago

What happened? Did Mozilla hire those geniuses at Sony Mobile to name its products?

sakesun23d ago

They should call it Thunderbot.

PalmikOP23d ago

Official announcement: https://www.thunderbolt.io/announcing-thunderbolt

ChrisArchitect23d ago

[dupe] Discussion on source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792368

WalterGR23d ago

275 comments on an earlier submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792368

a9623d ago

WTF? Doesn't anyone do a web search before naming a thing? That's the stupidest thing since Phoenix. I mean Firebird.

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