[rmetzler]

MariaDB is a fork of MySQL and was introduced in 2009. Is this new?

Other than that, Maria is also a male name although not very common.

~50% of humans are female and if there is a „trend“ for giving female names to software, yes, please do it more.

[dsnr]

My point is, I don’t recall seeing any tech product named “John”. We shouldn’t be using first names for random products regardless of gender. People somehow assume that female first names are somehow better suited as names for some software product, than male names.

It’s new in the sense that I keep noticing them more often lately.

[mathnode]

John the Ripper!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_the_Ripper

[sritchie]

Haskell, Erlang, Pascal… Maria is a reference to Maria Montessori, whose educational philosophy inspired Maria.cloud.

[dsnr]

> Haskell, Erlang, Pascal

Those are family names, correct me if I’m wrong.

[tosh]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Curry

[o_pax]

You're wrong. Haskell is named after Haskell Brooks Curry. There might be an opportunity for a new functional language named Brooks.

[dsnr]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_(surname)

[weatherlight]

https://www.houseofnames.com/maria-family-crest/Italian#:~:t....

Maria is also a surname, what's your point?

[andsoitis]

Haskell and Erlang perhaps, but Pascal is both.

But I think the larger point, that male names are only rarely used, stands.