Where did the name "Selenium" come from?

Mercury is a company that produces interactive testing solutions (Test Director for instance) - and they charge a lot of money for these tools. You can get involved in the forum811: Mercury Interactive Testing solutions for this if you like.

Seleniuim is open source - and as such costs you nothing.

Selenium, as the chemists amongst you may be aware, is the antidote to Mercury poisoning.