Yes Povilas, "The only problem is with pronunciation." that is one of the two main problems.
The other is meaning - Ubuntu managed to sell the meaning of their name and it was in a way inspirational - and so in the end very powerful. Paul On 14 October 2010 07:48, Povilas Kanapickas <[email protected]> wrote: > IMHO 'Liberty Office' and 'Office Freedom' associates with liberation and > similar things too much. A lot of people won't like that name. I think > LibreOffice is just fine. The only problem is with pronunciation. > > Regards, > Povilas > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 8:15 PM, Eric Jon Renaud <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would suggest that LibreOffice would work fine for International English. >> I guarantee that more people who don't already understand both and >> 'gratis' will understand (or not) 'Libre' just as well as 'gratis'. >> >> Perhaps 'Liberty Office' or 'Office Freedom'. (I make no claim to these >> names and don't know if they're previously copyrighted, copylefted or under >> any sort of license) >> >> Regards, >> >> Eric >> >> On Oct 13, 2010, at 3:24 AM, "Paul A Norman" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> > Thank you Stefan, >> > >> > I'm not hooked on any partiacular name just two main principlpes. >> > >> > 1) That the International English name be easy on the tongue for >> > English speakers >> > and with that, that thought be given to language group names in the same >> way >> > >> > 2) The name mean something for the users (more than for the developers >> > if necessary) >> > >> > Incorporating in the name principles of philosophy of development - - >> > or project administration, will unfrotunately not be of apparent >> > importance or help to potential general new users. >> > >> > Names that 'sell the product' or 'introduce the product' from a user's >> > perspective would be very helpful in helping increase the uptake of >> > the office suite amongst as yet unreached people. >> > >> > Paul >> > >> > >> > >> > On 13 October 2010 21:57, Stefan Weigel <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Paul A Norman schrieb: >> >> >> >>> Romance Languages: LibreOffice >> >>> >> >>> International English: FreeOffice >> >> >> >> Don´t use "free"! This would cause misunderstanding: >> >> >> >> FreeOffice --> free office --> gratis office >> >> >> >> The product is not (only / necessarily) free of charge ("freeware"). >> It´s >> >> free in sense of liberty. >> >> >> >> Stefan >> >> >> >> -- >> >> To unsubscribe, e-mail to >> >> [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> >> >> All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot >> be >> >> deleted. >> >> List archives are available at >> >> http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ >> >> >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail to >> > [email protected]<discuss%[email protected]> >> > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot >> be deleted. >> > List archives are available at >> http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ >> > >> > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail to [email protected] > All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted. > List archives are available at > http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail to [email protected] All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
