On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 09:35:02 -0800, Ray Heasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Lourens, > > On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 17:48 +0100, Lourens Veen wrote: > > On Thursday 24 March 2005 14:58, Randy Williams wrote: > > > Greetings All, > > > > > > Lourens has a fine point, let's get a name for this critter. However, > > > for the time being as this product is quite a departure, lets focus on > > > names that do not include Tech Source or its current product line. This > > > product will need to be able to stand on its own, by its merits in order > > > to succeed. > > > > Okay, that makes sense I guess. You probably won't be able to prevent people > > from adding TechSource to the name though, just like they talk about the ATI > > Radeon and the nVidia Geforce. > > > > > My first impression is that we choose from the third group, with > > > "harbinger" being my favorite. Although OpenGlass is certainly very > > > neat as well. > > > > Timothy preferred Harbinger as well. To be honest I'm less and less > > enthusiastic about OpenGlass, although I don't really know why yet. > > > > I can see two potential problems with Harbinger. The first has been brought > > up > > here before, and that is that it is not an oft-used word, and as such many > > non-native English speakers may not know it. I'm Dutch and I consider my > > English to be pretty good, but the only place I've seen the word before is > > in > > the lyrics to Machinae Supremacy's song Ninja. I looked up its meaning when > > I > > first heard that song about a year ago. There is also the expression > > "harbinger of sorrow" which I guess we do not want to be :-). > > What about a related concept: "StormFront". It's something you see > coming, and it means things are changing. :-)
Check out http://www.stormfront.org/. It sounds like a nice name, but I have no interest in sharing a name with an organization whose motto is "White Pride World Wide". I have pride in my work, pride in my values, pride in the way I (try to) treat people, but I have no pride in my pasty pink features that do me absolutely no good at the beach. Oh, and if you REALLY get me going, I'll tell you about how unusually attractive I tend to find people of mixed heritage, compared to so-called racially pure people. I find it sad that so many people blind themselves to so much human beauty. Don't get me started. One of the things I find so pleasing about the OGP and the open source community in general is the total lack of nationalistic, racial, gender, religious, or any other kind of boundaries. Your value is purely a function of your ability to work well with others, respect people's accomplishments, and make accomplishments and contributions of your own. I suppose there may be some IQ-ism, but not dysfunctionally so, IMHO. I apologize for the OT rant, but anything that even hints of discrimination or a distriminatory or chauvinistic attitude (especially over something a person has no control over) makes my blood boil. I suppose being labeled a nerd most of my life may have contributed to my attitude. _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
