Ok, having a chimp as a mascot isn't a bad idea.... but doesn't Icaza's Mono project have apes or monkeys associated with it?
On 8/11/05, Martin Jeppesen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > > A very interesting read I most say! > > But I am not too keen on strange names like Deca, GrafiOS, and the > others up to this point. > > These names makes sense to us, but I don't think the customers get a > kick out of it, or will understand the underlying deep thoughts. To > them it will just be geeky names that doesn't make sense and they > can't remember. > > When I read Deca, I think 10. > When I read *****OS, I think "something" and Operating System. > > Just think of Free/Open-Source Software is FOSS for short. > > So may I suggest animal races as product/IC names? > > My first animal of choice would be Chimp. > > It sounds a bit like chip, but most importantly a chimp is > intelligent, friendly and open minded you everyone. > > These three things represents the product very well I think. > > Intelligent: The underlying inner workings of the chip is very > carefully crafted and a lot of consideration have been put in it by > very well educated people. > > Friendly: The company behind the product is customers orientated and > service minded and wants what is best for the customers. > > Open minded: Open Source =) > > > Linus choose a penguin because when they sit one the polar ice, they > are in harmony with nature. > > Customers can easily relate, understand, and remember animal > behaviors, and they can tell them on to others. Brand reorganization > is taken care of. > > Having an anial as product name also have that advantage, that the > picture for the box, commercials and website is almost there. > > Imagine if we could ask a zoo to make a smiling chimp hold a graphics > card? =) We live in many different contries, so there is a good > chance. > > Some people buy magazines entirely based on the cover picture (think: > picture of hot girl). Who can resist a cute fury chimp that smiles, > because he have an Open Source graphics card? =) > > http://www.coping.org/wordauthors/monkey/babychimp.jpg > http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/NGSPOD06/114471.jpg > > In addition checking for already trademarked names is not necessary. > > Martin > > _______________________________________________ > 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)
