21 pointsby Palmik5 hours ago3 comments

rincebrain5 hours ago
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.
- nunobrito4 hours ago
  Or that they are talking about the thunderbolt cable from Apple: https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/Thunderbolt
  A truly poor name choice.
  - Kirby644 hours 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.
- dlcarrier5 hours 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.
  - QuercusMax3 hours ago
    Same. This is epically bad branding.
- throwa3562624 hours ago
  What happened? Did Mozilla hire those geniuses at Sony Mobile to name its products?
Palmik5 hours ago
Official announcement: https://www.thunderbolt.io/announcing-thunderbolt
WalterGR4 hours ago
275 comments on an earlier submission: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47792368