Help me rename The Regulator

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Published Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:49 AM by RoyOsherove
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Saturday, November 15, 2003 9:14 PM by Sebastien Lambla

# re: Help me rename The Regulator

I vote for Regex Commander
Saturday, November 15, 2003 9:14 PM by Sebastien Lambla

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I vote for Regex Commander!
Saturday, November 15, 2003 10:49 PM by Tony Pino

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Regex Commander sounds good to me.
Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:15 PM by Dave Burke

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I always thought "The Regulator" was an outstanding name! Much better than either of those.
Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:20 PM by Chris Martin

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Reginald? Rexpressions? Declarex? SoundTrap? Trapper? RegTrap?
Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:28 PM by Rich C

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I don't know if it should change. It's very memorable. Last evening in <a href="http://www.computerzen.com">ScottH</a>'s class, it was the first thing that came to my mind when he was mentioning some good Windows Apps.

Consider the cache you may already have.
Saturday, November 15, 2003 11:39 PM by Phil Weber

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I have nothing against The Regulator, but since you asked for suggestions...
How about ExpressYourself? Or RegExpress?
Sunday, November 16, 2003 12:01 AM by Allen Edwards

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PatternMaster?
Sunday, November 16, 2003 1:58 AM by Roy Osherove

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How about "Regex Studio"?
Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:00 AM by Jon Galloway

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I like "The Regulator". I suppose I could be talked into "The Roygulator".
Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:53 AM by Ashutosh Nilkanth

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I like "Regulator" (without "The" prefix) better than the other options. Also, how about something like RegExpert or RegXP or RegExcell
Sunday, November 16, 2003 10:40 AM by Wes Haggard

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I have allows liked "The Regulator", I don't think their is a need to rename.
Sunday, November 16, 2003 10:50 AM by SBC

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Original is best... 'The Regulator'... IMHO..
Sunday, November 16, 2003 2:55 PM by Dennis

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Regulator is clever. Regex Commander sounds like a Norton product. Regexor sounds like the bad guy in a cartoon.
Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:45 PM by BKC

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If it were me, I would have named it RegExtreme (the domain is available). But I also like "Regulator".
Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:47 PM by leon bambrick

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regulator (without the 'The') is easy to remember - unless legal issues force you to change it - let it stay. to replace it with a more 'typical' name like RegExor Commander, or RegXP would certainly add nothing to the product's marketability. Just confuse people who already know about it.

The name is just a handle that has to be easy to hold onto - it doesn't have to explain everything about the product. the names Excel, Word, Windows may all have something to do with the product they front, but they don't of themselves give a full description. just a little tag that can stick in the mind.
Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:47 PM by Adam Kinney

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I vote for Regasaurus Ex.

RegasaurusEx.com is available and it lends itself to a cool logo. As long as you don't just copy and change the color of the Mozilla logo ;)
Monday, November 17, 2003 2:24 AM by Roy Osherove

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Wow. Thanks for the great feedback guys!
I guess I'll have to reconsider renaming it after all!
Monday, November 17, 2003 2:30 AM by SpiderMan

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How about the SharpRegx? :-)
Monday, November 17, 2003 4:09 AM by Daniel

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regaxulatosaurus ? :-)
Monday, November 17, 2003 4:10 AM by daniel

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regexed ?
Monday, November 17, 2003 7:16 AM by Ole

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I vote for keeping the Regulator name.
Monday, November 17, 2003 9:37 AM by Daniel

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What about "r.g.x" ?
Monday, November 17, 2003 2:35 PM by Joshua Allen

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"Regulator" the Warren G song -- "we're the regulators; we regulate all stealin' around these parts"
Tuesday, November 18, 2003 4:09 PM by Chris Frazier

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Regulators! Mount up.