alt Hacker NewsDux: "The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline."
Dux: "The top (male or female) academic student in a school, or in a year of school; the top student in a specified academic discipline."
And Führer means "driver", and the fact it means driver is irrelevant to why it would be a terrible name choice for a piece of software unless you're trying to appeal to a very specific audience. I'm not sure what point you think you're making.