Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 11.06.2012 um 22:57 schrieb Jon maddog Hall: > After a while Linus said "I do not care what you call it as long as you > use it." and things settled down for a while. I didnt know that yet. We should do the same with the Openphoenux :) Nikolaus _

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread pike
Hi I think the group should be more concerned about the "ugs" part, Absolutely, ugh. And the eee also sounds alarming to me. I hear "eeek-yuck!" :-) I feel sort of idiot trying to emphasize how important I think this is. But I do. Here I go again. It's the first impression. All the connotati

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread Jon "maddog" Hall
> > I concede that you're right about Linus and Linux. The fact remains > for phoenux would still hold since it's pronounced with the same long > e sound as in Linus' name. So fee-nəks (or fee-nux) and not phon-ugs. I think the group should be more concerned about the "ugs" part, since the word

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread Harley Laue
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Jon "maddog" Hall wrote: > On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 15:30 -0500, Harley Laue wrote: >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller >> wrote: >> > Linux is pronounced in english as "Line-ugs" (/ˈlɪnəks/  [1]). I.e. it >> > should be "phon-ugs". >> > [1]

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread Jon "maddog" Hall
On Mon, 2012-06-11 at 15:30 -0500, Harley Laue wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller > wrote: > > Linux is pronounced in english as "Line-ugs" (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it > > should be "phon-ugs". > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux > > Just as an FYI from a nat

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread Harley Laue
On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:15 AM, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > Linux is pronounced in english as "Line-ugs" (/ˈlɪnəks/  [1]). I.e. it should > be "phon-ugs". > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Just as an FYI from a native speaker, /ˈlɪnəks/ would be lin-əks With "lin" which sounds like

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread pike
Hi If we were voting, I'd go for OpenPhonux +1 again. Well, OpenPhonix :-) The name is derived from: Open-Phoen(ix)-(Lin)ux so its openphoenux.org Linux is pronounced in english as "Line-ugs" (/ˈlɪnəks/ [1]). I.e. it should be "phon-ugs". "Phoen" is not going to be pronounced as "f

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 03.06.2012 um 16:02 schrieb Christoph Pulster: If we were voting, I'd go for OpenPhonux > > I vote for Openmoko2. The idea is still the same, why change > the well-known brand name ? Well, because we (the community) do not own the brand name and therefore can't use it. And, if you goog

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-11 Thread Nick Sheppard
On 11/06/12 07:15, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: it should be "phon-ugs". That's what I should have asked about - pronunciation rather than spelling. Because (as an English speaker) I've been pronouncing OpenPhoenux as open-fee-nux (like the legendary phoenix, fee-nix or fii-nix i

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-10 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 05.06.2012 um 22:30 schrieb Boudewijn: > On Monday 04 June 2012 14:49:48 Martin Jansa wrote: >> On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 05:03:55PM +0100, Nick Sheppard wrote: >>> On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >>> ... >>> 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 >>> This was a really inform

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-10 Thread Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller
Am 02.06.2012 um 18:03 schrieb Nick Sheppard: > On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > ... > > > > 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 > > > > There may be some confusion what "GTA04" and "OpenPhoneux" > > are and what makes them different. > > > > We define: > > * GTA*: the next gene

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-06 Thread Sylvain Paré
:) 2012/6/5 Boudewijn > On Monday 04 June 2012 14:49:48 Martin Jansa wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 05:03:55PM +0100, Nick Sheppard wrote: > > > On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > > > ... > > > > > > > 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 > > > This was a really informative p

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-05 Thread Boudewijn
On Monday 04 June 2012 14:49:48 Martin Jansa wrote: > On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 05:03:55PM +0100, Nick Sheppard wrote: > > On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > > ... > > > > > 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 > > This was a really informative post - thanks! But how are you going t

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-04 Thread Martin Jansa
On Sat, Jun 02, 2012 at 05:03:55PM +0100, Nick Sheppard wrote: > On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: > ... > > > > 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 > > > > There may be some confusion what "GTA04" and "OpenPhoneux" > > are and what makes them different. > > > > We define: >

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux, Phonix?

2012-06-02 Thread Christoph Bänsch
Am 02.06.2012 18:36, schrieb pike: Hi If we were voting, I'd go for OpenPhonux, because it's roughly equal parts Phone, Phoenix and Linux which seems about right. From the domain name: www.openphoenux.org Which is really too bad. We arent voting, but if we were, Phonix would be my #1 (phone,

Re: Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux, Phonix?

2012-06-02 Thread pike
Hi If we were voting, I'd go for OpenPhonux, because it's roughly equal parts Phone, Phoenix and Linux which seems about right. From the domain name: www.openphoenux.org Which is really too bad. We arent voting, but if we were, Phonix would be my #1 (phone,unix,phoenix), and Phonux #2 (phone,

Phoenux, Phoneux, Phonux?

2012-06-02 Thread Nick Sheppard
On 31/05/12 16:36, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: ... > > 4. Nomenclature OpenPhoneux/GTA04 > > There may be some confusion what "GTA04" and "OpenPhoneux" > are and what makes them different. > > We define: > * GTA*: the next generation motherboard(s), i.e. electronics > * OpenPhonux: the future