On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 05:40:43PM -0500, Niels wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I have tried to keep my pride from getting the better of me but I am > slightly offended. I didn't spend hours trying to think up a name. I > just couldn't stand the idea of another animal reference item. > Since I am not big on programming I had never heard of OORE or the > fact that they call it ogre. But an Open GRaphics card called Ogre is > completely serious. We can ask if they will let us get away with the > Ogre card. And a name IS important. The card has to be an item > people will want to buy. If it isn't then this whole project will be > short lived. > The Kool Aid man said "Let's get serious. Seriously whacky." And I > think it is entirely appropriate to wrack our brains for something > that is catchy but obviously not lame-sounding. And, "no disrespect > intended" but, to me "opentech3d" lacks imagination and while this is > definitely a geek item "FPGA" is just too geek. That type of a name > would be confused with FCPGA and simply glossed over by the > semi-intrepid PC user. You want a name that works. I believe that > means it should, again, be catchy, easily associated with the product > (lasting impression), strong and maybe descriptive. > > So, I too, sincerely mean no disrespect but lets us leave the comments > out of this until we have a few more names. > I believe we can start with this list. > > Ogre Card (or any variation like O-Gre [let's just ask ogre3d.org if > they'd really have a problem with it first]) > Opentech3D > FPGA > > Niels > -- > Let's get serious. Seriously whacky.
What about organic or variations thereon: oganic, oganique Luc Verhaegen. http://unichrome.sourceforge.net/ _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
