[objclxt]

I suspect most software developers worth their salt have heard of Joel Spolsky, and by extension Fog Creek. Aside from them actually having their own pages on Wikipedia (which someone else has linked to), Kiln is a trademark of Fog Creek, so not an ideal choice of name for an OSS project.

[w1ntermute]

> I suspect most software developers worth their salt have heard of Joel Spolsky, and by extension Fog Creek.

Having heard of Joel or Fog Creek is one thing. Having heard of their Kiln project is another.

[watershawl]

I've heard of both Joel and Fog Creek, but not Kiln. So, yes.

[ams6110]

Agreed, I haven't really paid attention to what he or Fog Creek has been doing since this site killed off the "Joel on Software" site.

[NickLarsen]

I had honestly never heard of Joel until I did my research when applying at Stack Overflow. Didn't affect the outcome.