So if you guys want to change the name, where does it leave users like
me presenting papers at conferences and citing Lazarus in technical
papers as my software of choice?
I am asked a lot what software I use and I explicitly promote Lazarus/FPC.
This thread make me believe that I will segfault myself to promote
Lazarus as the rug will be pulled under serious users feet.
Afte this I would rather tell the world I am using Delphi but behind the
scenes use Lazarus as I know Delphi
I cannot cite Lazarus in papers and then find..oh..it is now called Phoenix.
I will in future not cite Lazarus as the name will probably change, but
rather give personal credit to the authors who assisted me.
Lazarus was a nice way to get around the Pascal-debunkers and it worked
well, but I cannot cite something that is so mindlessly considered for
rebranding.
Usually a name change is associated with public pressure, which would be
ok as the world requires it and users promoting it dont have to segfault.
Thierry Andriamirado wrote:
Le samedi 13 mai 2006 à 18:55 -0300, Flávio Etrusco a écrit :
but as somebody already said some days ago in another thread, I think
mixing religion with anything is a bad idea... I wouldn't mind
I remember, after megido (?), and the beginning of Lazarus, I thought
this name was a bad idea. why not Phenix, Phoenix... ? In fact I don't
really care... few years after, I think that it's more important for the
moment to communicate about what Lazarus can do and where it goes.
If we decide to change the name, it's better to do it for example at the
same time as 1.0, or any other important event.
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