I has just been asked that this question. And I haven't really known the answer. One supposition that made me smile "Is it because of it is very slow?"![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Tortoisesvn_logo_hor468x64.PNG)
Ok, I suspected the answer is...
But I don't really see where TortoiseCVS came from? As Wiki says:![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/TortoiseCVS-Logo.jpeg)
Ok, I suspected the answer is...
The name of the program was fixed when we started, because the CVS counterpart is called TortoiseCVS.
But I don't really see where TortoiseCVS came from? As Wiki says:
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/61/TortoiseCVS-Logo.jpeg)
The name is a pun on the word shellWhich doesn't make a lot of sense for me. So what's the truth?