Make sure not to tell the guys at work that you go by “bozoface” 
Unless of course you work at a circus, in which they’d be familiar with monkeys…
[quote]this is sad, horrible, and embarassing, but true
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Not to mention very unprofessional and stupid! Judging a technology by its name alone is really really stupid!
I (and my company) would have no problem whatsoever using RectalProbeMaster2005Ultra as a profiler, if it worked better than its competition…
[quote] Just because of the name, “monkey engine”.
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nod. That’s why I use SuSE at home. I refuse to use FreeBSD because of the satanic mascot. And those penguins? Who could take that seriously. Lizards are way more profesional.
Names actually have a big influence on the person/project/etc . That’s why names usually have some special meaning.
However, this is nothing new at all. The ancient Romans put it into the famous and so true sentence: Nomen est omen.
Back to topic: Is the jME maintainer still with us Java fans? I’m asking (seriously) because last time I visited his site (some 1+ months ago) he’s been busily working with Dotnet and applied to the Xbox headquarter (I think he got the job?)
LOL. Start a new poll, asking for new “marketing names” for jME (i.e. three-word names using JME that they could use when trying to appeal to conservative companies).
[quote]Is the jME maintainer still with us Java fans? I’m asking (seriously) because last time I visited his site (some 1+ months ago) he’s been busily working with Dotnet and applied to the Xbox headquarter (I think he got the job?)
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On avarage mojomonk posts ~4 times per day at the jME forums.
As for the name, it was one of the things that made me choose jME over Xith :).
/Per
Well I have my own homemade engine and took a look a jME. it had everything I had and solved every problem I had.
That was a bit frustrating thinking of the time I spend on my own engine.
Xith, would only solve my scenegraph problems. But seemed a bit more advanced.
Perhaps I’ll trash my own… I’ll see after I publish my first small game
Tell them it’s called Java Marketing Engine…
But Monkeys are funny, who would hate a money? Seriously, if the name affected your choice, shrug oh well, that’s too bad, but I won’t lose sleep over it.
I’m still heavily involved with jME, never really left, just took breaks here and there mostly do to a cross-country move. However, I still also play with .NET + Managed DirectX as well, but that doesn’t mean I’ve abandoned Java or anything. Just ask, I’ve recently committed a significant amount of code that caused a significant amount of problems. 
In fact, I don’t post much on these boards anymore because I do spend so much time on the jME board, and work/life limits my board posting time.