Yojimbo
Bare Bones Software apparently has a new product in store:
According to IMDb, Yojimbo in a film from 1961 by Akira Kurosawa in which “A crafty ronin comes to a town divided by two criminal gangs and decides to play them against each other to free the town.”
What could this new application be? A file comparison tool? A benchmark tool? You guess.
Comments
# Steven Fisher, January 20, 2006 at 22:43
I think you’re being too methodical in trying to figure this out. Look at the icon and have a closer look at the name.
Yojimbo -> Yo, Jimbo!
It’s probably some sort of chat or notification tool.
# Rich Siegel, January 23, 2006 at 23:03
http://www.barebones.com/products/yojimbo/index.shtml
# Kilian, August 22, 2006 at 03:26
But the name sort of sucks. Despite the great movie, “Yôjimbô” (用心棒) simply means “bodyguard”.