Hi
I like Isis.
Thanks
Mark
On 29/03/2005, at 7:53 AM, Lourens Veen wrote:
On Monday 28 March 2005 18:17, Randy Williams wrote:
Greetings All,
In the absence of an informal poll, it appears that "Aurora" is
closing in
on the name win. While I do like "harbinger", the international
appeal
that Aurora has is certainly in keeping with our goals.
Randy: Harbinger
Timothy: Harbinger
Peter K: Aurora
John: Aurora
Peter B: Aurora/Harbinger
Nicolas: Aurora
Sandeep: Cyanium/Aurora
Rene: Graphite/Aurora
(previous thread)
Daniel: Aurora/Harbinger
Attila: Harbinger
If I missed you, sorry. Reply with your vote.
This puts Harbinger at 4, and Aurora at 5, or 5 / 7 depending on how
you
count.
As you say, with Aurora coming from Latin (Roman goddess of the dawn),
it's
probably a bit better than Harbinger internationally, at least in the
west.
Now, if this name holds up it will have to be determined if it is the
name
of this product only, or the name of this line of graphics products in
general. If the latter than the surnames of "borealis" becomes really
cool.
What sayeth the community?
Well, if we name the first one Aurora Borealis, and the second one
Aurora
Australis, what do we name the third one? Assuming there is one of
course,
but it does seem a bit limited. Alternatively, we could sell the normal
version of the first one as Aurora Borealis, and then sell a special
version
with all the components upside-down as Aurora Australis. But I don't
know how
that would be useful :-).
I'm also not sure about naming it after something. I like the
Foundation
series a lot, but I think we would be better off with something
original.
Third, I think it's a good idea to have a simple name that stays, at
least for
a while. In the past everything would have new names all the time, but
these
days people seem to stick with them. There have been a whole lot of
different
chips named Pentium or even Pentium IV, and a bunch of different
Athlons, as
well as a whole family of Radeons and a whole set of Geforces. If we
give the
second card a name that is substantially different from that of the
first, we
lose all the brand recognition we created earlier. So I think we need
at
least some continuity.
I say simply name the first one Aurora, then start expanding on that
later. We
could have an Aurora II or an Aurora FX or an Aurora++ or whatever.
Lourens
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