Given how long it took relative to the original announcement that a name change would take place (more than a year ago IIRC), I thought the idea had been shelved, apparently not.<p>Guess it doesn&#x27;t really matter what the name of the company is, so Lightbend, Streamy, Scalewhale, etc. all make sense. The logo though, really? Looks like a 3rd place winner from the local kindergarten arts and crafts contest.<p>Anyway, wrt to Scala, Lightbend&#x27;s focus seems to have shifted at least in part to enterprise Java, which by necessity means less resources for Scala development. Probably explains the delay in the Scala 2.12 release: the core developers are too busy serving 2 masters (Lightbend clients and the compiler).<p>Well, moving forward Scala&#x27;s surthrival depends on the community and continued popularity of libraries, not so much the company behind the language. Fortunately EPFL provides an ongoing stream of R &amp; D to help bridge the gap created by Lightbend&#x27;s semi-pivot.