You've got my vote for either harbinger or aurora... both sound excellent. Like Timothy, however, I'd tend to like harbinger more than aurora. Either would be great though!
--tim On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 12:25:19 +0930, Mark Newland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Open-graphics mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) > _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
