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by rjzzleep 1809 days ago
It actually is a really good name. But yeah, I had the same confusion.
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A better name for a multi-headed security system would be Cerberus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerberus
Same dog, different language.
It’s pronounced about the same in either case. “Cerberus” in Latin is pronounced “Kerberus”, just like “cent” is actually pronounced “Kent”.
Thanks, that I did not know.
All the Greek patheon have dual Latin/Greek names. Mercury/Hermes etc.
That might be something they would be willing to change their name to. It's also a commonly used name although probably nowhere near as bad to google as Kerberus.
I think Siemans has that under the Cerberus Pyrotronics brand.
Already taken by this Android app though https://www.cerberusapp.com/
that's abandoned now I think
It's a name that fits the project description well, but it's a very bad name for an open source security-related project. They could have as well named it OpenCV.