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by btown 5131 days ago
Until I saw this comment, I'd been pronouncing it "drop-ache" in my head, and scratching my head wondering whether it was a reference to dropbears or not. Now I see the light. Maybe instead of rebranding, make a logo that sets the "apache" part in a different color or font?
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I don’t follow your (or your parent post’s) line of thinking. Apparently “dépêche means dispatch (or update, message or news),” and has a connotation of “fast.” I don’t see how this really applies to Drapache, which I thought of as “dr’apache,” a portmanteau of “drop(box)” and “apache.” I’m a Depeche Mode fan, but don’t see how it relates.

Where’s the pun? :)

Depeche Mode is the name of band from the 80s. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depeche_Mode
I know, and mentioned the band in my post. But that’s not a pun, that’s just a reference. For it to be a good name, doesn’t depeche have to have something to do with Dropbox?
you are very much right :-)
How you snip the name from another 80's band and let the name... "Mmmmmmmmm... DROP!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnPQdrPnCpE :)
"mod_depeche" is a pun on "mod", not "depeche". Clever, and would make a fun name for something (just not this).