>I assume they are wrong and just don't know it yet, as with most things.
As with all things, they might be. In science when you find you are wrong, and better data or a better theory explains/predicts the outcome better, you change it.
But I wonder why do you assume they are wrong in changing a naming convention?
"Once again, we come to the Holiday Season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice." -- Dave Barry