On 3 October 2010 20:57, Graham Lauder <[email protected]> wrote: > On Monday 04 Oct 2010 02:56:41 Robert Wood wrote: >> On 03/10/10 14:09, Tux99 wrote: >> > Hmm, so we could make everyone happy by using an numbered version plus a >> > nickname (just like Ubunbtu does). >> >> As long as the names are not the horrible, kitsch and embarrassing style >> names that Canonical use! > > Actually, Ubuntu's naming convention is perfect for their target market, there > must be something right about it because it certainly hasn't hurt their market > share. > > Besides which doing something because of a negative attitude is not a good > idea. We should learn from there mistakes and make sure we don't repeat them > rather than trying to avoid what was patently successful for them. :) > > 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 >
Personally I like the tongue-in-cheek names in the Linux world (e.g. cat, dog, grep). Developers don't necessarily need to be a bunch of uptight code hackers... :) However I don't follow the ubuntu news that closely (but Opaque Okapi does sound nice, somehow rhymes with Obi-Wan Kenobi). -- Ahmad Samir
