Comment by bitmapbrother 9 years ago I wonder how many people thought app.net was a Microsoft product. 5 comments bitmapbrother Reply mypalmike 9 years ago Yeah, the name is confusing. It's like a pizza place named "Waffle Irons Direct". intoverflow2 9 years ago Always felt like a case where they bought the domain name for another reason then one day decided to build a twitter clone.Branding wise is made absolutely no sense. jyriand 9 years ago I thought it's some kind of app store for android phones. Not sure why I made this association. But I guess their name might be one of the reasons of failure. It's simple and short, but doesn't really tell anything about the product. WildUtah 9 years ago Any association with the SharePoint people could and should doom a social network product. Or any product. rbanffy 9 years ago I like to call it ShamePoint. Nobody can possibly be proud of deploying that.
mypalmike 9 years ago Yeah, the name is confusing. It's like a pizza place named "Waffle Irons Direct".
intoverflow2 9 years ago Always felt like a case where they bought the domain name for another reason then one day decided to build a twitter clone.Branding wise is made absolutely no sense.
jyriand 9 years ago I thought it's some kind of app store for android phones. Not sure why I made this association. But I guess their name might be one of the reasons of failure. It's simple and short, but doesn't really tell anything about the product.
WildUtah 9 years ago Any association with the SharePoint people could and should doom a social network product. Or any product. rbanffy 9 years ago I like to call it ShamePoint. Nobody can possibly be proud of deploying that.
Yeah, the name is confusing. It's like a pizza place named "Waffle Irons Direct".
Always felt like a case where they bought the domain name for another reason then one day decided to build a twitter clone.
Branding wise is made absolutely no sense.
I thought it's some kind of app store for android phones. Not sure why I made this association. But I guess their name might be one of the reasons of failure. It's simple and short, but doesn't really tell anything about the product.
Any association with the SharePoint people could and should doom a social network product. Or any product.
I like to call it ShamePoint. Nobody can possibly be proud of deploying that.