On Monday 04 Oct 2010 09:18:16 Ahmad Samir wrote: > 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... :)
Exactly, Linux has always been a little bit zany, I always love the kernel warnings: "Oops I made a screwup" is much better than "Error" > > However I don't follow the ubuntu news that closely (but Opaque Okapi > does sound nice, somehow rhymes with Obi-Wan Kenobi). LOL Cool, that is a tonque twister, a lot of spitting going on. 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
