Lv wrote: > 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?
Nice to hear that not all users believe into the imo stupid idea to change the name. I don't think either that the "board of directors" of lazarus (Michael H., Matthias, Marc, Vincents, Micha et al.) consider a name change :) > 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. >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > "unsubscribe" as the Subject > archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives > _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject archives at http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailarchives
