Cisco's OpenStack cloud drops Pokémon-clone name
Summary
Cisco has had to change the name of its Metapod OpenStack cloud-in-a-box, due to trademark problems. In late September, The Register learned that Cisco partners were saying that the Pokémon entanglement was creating problems and that the Borg was being forced to re-brand. But Acosta says “Metapod never felt quite right, so a few months ago, we negotiated with the French company. As of today, we’re happy to announce that we have secured the rights to use Metacloud again.” Which in The Registers opinion is fishier than a Magikarp*, because in our experience “never quite felt right” just isnt the kind of thing that leads global companies to go through the hassle of changing a brand thats just been launched at considerable expense. Whether Metacloud will be around for long is moot: HPE and Mirantis have just fired hundreds of OpenStack engineers, which hardly bespeaks fevered interest in the cloud stack.
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