[joshmanders]

So then you're gonna have people looking at you and saying "ugh, Angular is old and outdated, you should be using ng-not-angular-but-newer-and-shiner!" and everyones gonna be upset that they didn't find out what the new versions name is so that they can upgrade to that.

[rk06]

If people have a hard time googling that info OR angular devs can't communicate that info well, then problem lies elsewhere.

Besides, the one reason, of using a different name is, to convey that it is a different framework just like others.