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Also: https://github.com/ApolloAuto/apollo

It’s a contested open source project name, for sure.



And let’s not forget the well-liked iOS Reddit client as well.

Or the Greek god

Or the moon missions.

Or Counter Culture’s Light Roast beans.

Basically the name is a bit tired and few actually have a reason to call it that. (Apollo the Reddit client to browse the world of Reddit which has an alien as it’s avatar almost makes sense.)


Amazon engineers will also recognize Apollo as something else

https://www.allthingsdistributed.com/2014/11/apollo-amazon-d...


As will old NASA astronauts.


or the premium workstation of the 80s.


Or the publicly traded private equity / credit investor?

Or the parent company of University of Phoenix Online?

PS the private equity firm actually owns the education company since 2016... think about that confusion


Or Adama from BSG?

Or the short track olympic skater from US?

Or Apollo.io for structured sales data?

Or are we talking about Adaptive Patient-Oriented Longitudinal Learning and Optimization?




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