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What software do you know that uses mythological names for its release (version) codenames? (fedia.io)

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What software do you know that uses mythological names for its release (version) codenames?

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[–] chahk@beehaw.org 6 points 1 month ago

A company I worked for a decade ago used Greek and Norse gods to name our servers. There was Odin and Thor, Zeus and Dionysius, etc. Having been a huge fan of Stargate SG-1, I kept suggesting various Goa'uld names, and one made it through - Chronos.

That's as close to mythology as I got.