Folks, Let me clear so that we can move on: Unless Oracle gives us the trademark o f OpenOffice.org, we're using LibreOffice, and some people love it, some people hate it, but as a matter of fact, we're not changing it anymore, so it's useless to request a change.
Thanks, Charles. 2010/10/3 Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Mirek M. <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 2010/10/3 Graham Lauder <[email protected]> > > > > > On Sunday 03 Oct 2010 20:55:11 Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 19:21 +1300, Graham Lauder wrote: > > > > > Antonio, > > > > > You in fact wear the best argument for a unique name in your sig. > > Who > > > is > > > > > arguably the most successful Open Source company: Red Hat > > > > > > > > > > What in gods name does a Red Hat have to do with software other t ha > n > > > give > > > > > them a really cool logo. > > > > > > > > > > This discussion is indicative, much of marketing is about creatin g > > > buzz. > > > > > I would like a name that leads to a logo that is sexy enough for > > people > > > > > to use as a desktop background, Redhat does and Fedora and Firefo x. > > I > > > > > was looking at the "LibO" abbreviation and the thing that I sudde nl > y > > > saw > > > > > was LbD, or LBD which is abrreviation for "Little Black Dress", > > > suddenly > > > > > I see a very cool logo and marketing campaign and a buzz. One gr ea > t > > > > > thing is that LBD is cool to both men and women, both groups tend t > o > > > > > like the way they look. > > > > > > > > > > What has it to do with Office suites? About the same amount that > > > Computer > > > > > Operating systems have to do with Hats. > > > > > > > > > > But dang what a buzz it would cause: An office suite that was se xy > , > > > now > > > > > THAT would be cool to market. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > GL > > > > > > > > Graham, you & I think alike! But I should have thought of Red Hat w he > n > > I > > > > was hurling out examples. And... Hmmm.... a sexy office suite? I'm su > re > > > > someone could manage that, without it being also sexist. > > > > > > > > Cheers, Jean > > > > > > A name that sounds like a Latin Dance, Salsa, or Tango Both open sour ce > > > projects already unfortunately > > > > > > Red Hat is cool because it engenders an emotional response. Red and > > black > > > is > > > sophisticated, the logo is a hat with a rakish tilt on it, hiding the > > > wearers > > > eyes, it makes the viewer curious, wanting to find out more. It evok es > a > > > whole Film Noir feel to it as well, as though that's Bogart hiding un de > r > > > there... (with Bacall on his arm in an LBD ok ok not going there.. ;) > ) > > > > > > Obviously these are not things that people actually think, I'm just > > trying > > > to > > > allow people access to the emotional response > > > > > > It works on many levels but it is emotional before it is informative, > > which > > > is > > > as a logo and branding should be. > > > > > > I like Latin dance sounding names, they're emotional, sound cool off th > e > > > tongue and they're sexy.... But not sexist! :D > > > > > > > I was thinking more along the lines of something breezy, simple, short, a > nd > > refreshing, to contrast with the depressing and dull connotations of > > "Office" and "iWork". > > I've been trying to brainstorm different names. I was thinking that I > > associate "refreshing" with cool water or lemonade with ice, a straw an d > an > > umbrella/sunshade. "Pulp" sounds nice and quick, but it's quite overuse d. > > Maybe something similar? (I really like the feeling one-syllable words > > invoke: they sound simple.) > > > > I am sorry Pulp sound like an insult to a non-english speaker. If you are > talking phonetics I wouldnt go with pulp. Actually phonetically sounds to o > close to porn. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > GL > > > > > > -- > > > Graham Lauder, > > > OpenOffice.org MarCon (Marketing Contact) NZ > > > http://marketing.openoffice.org/contacts.html > > > > > > OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant. > > > > > > INGOTs Assessor Trainer > > > (International Grades in Open Technologies) > > > www.theingots.org > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to > > > [email protected]<discuss%2bunsubscr...@docu mentfoundation.org> > <discuss%2bunsubscr...@docume > ntfoundation.org> > > <discuss%[email protected]<discuss%252bunsubscr...@d ocumentfoundation.org> > <discuss%252bunsubscr...@doc > umentfoundation.org> > > > > > > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cann ot > > be > > > deleted. > > > List archives are available at > > > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > -------------------------------------------- > > Q: Why is this email five sentences or less? > > A: http://five.sentenc.es > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to > > [email protected]<discuss%2bunsubscr...@docume ntfoundation.org> > <discuss%2bunsubscr...@document > foundation.org> > > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot b > e > > deleted. > > List archives are available at > > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > > > > > > > -- > *Alexandro Colorado* > *OpenOffice.org* Español > http://es.openoffice.org > > -- > To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to > [email protected]<discuss%2bunsubscr...@document foundation.org> > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot b e > deleted. > List archives are available at > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > > -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to [email protected] All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. 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