Pono Data Solutions
A small software shop · Hawaii

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Why it is named pono.

Pono is a Hawaiian word. We took it because it names the thing we are trying to build toward: software that is in good order, correct, and does right by the person using it. Here is the entry it comes from.

The entry

pononvs.

Goodness, uprightness, morality, correct or proper procedure, excellence, well-being, prosperity, welfare, benefit, equity, true condition or nature, duty, fitting, proper, righteous, right, upright, just, virtuous, fair, beneficial, successful, in perfect order, accurate, correct, eased, relieved, should, ought, must, necessary.

As an adverb: completely, properly, rightly, well, exactly, carefully, satisfactorily.

Pukui-Elbert · senses 1 and 2

The motto

The word sits at the center of the state motto, which is where most people in Hawaii first meet it.

Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘aina i ka pono.

"The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness." Motto of the State of Hawai‘i, adopted 1843.