Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-08 Thread Gezim Hoxha
to run your government and see just how much liberty you have then. s/KAM - Original Message - From: Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nate cockram [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-08 Thread Sven Neumann
Hi, Kevin Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Before modern day liberals in France and their ilk have any ground to stand on at all, maybe they might consider helping us for a change, rather than selling weapons to Saddam Hussein for use on his countrymen and neighbors. Perhaps you should

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-08 Thread david thompson
Before modern day liberals in France and their ilk have any ground to stand on at all, maybe they might consider helping us for a change, rather than selling weapons to Saddam Hussein for use on his countrymen and neighbors. Didnt the americans also sell arms to iraq? Please give my regards to

[OT] Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-08 Thread Alan Horkan
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Kevin Myers wrote: Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 20:24:18 -0600 From: Kevin Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Kevin Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp Please give my regards to the French, and speaking of Liberty, you might

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-08 Thread Carol Spears
see, the rude parts in this email is in the refusal to strip them properly. please read: http://www.gimp.org/mail_lists.html jump right down to Mail List Etiquette human beings are the worst species ever to crawl this planet. however, email can be controled and this starts with you and how you

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-08 Thread Gezim Hoxha
see, the rude parts in this email is in the refusal to strip them properly. I guess this is for my last reply. Here's the thing...I hit reply (in yahoo) and then forgetting that the default reply email goes not to the list but to the person who last replied, i wrote the nice (short)

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-08 Thread Carol Spears
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 07:31:21PM -0800, Gezim Hoxha wrote: see, the rude parts in this email is in the refusal to strip them properly. I guess this is for my last reply. Here's the thing...I hit reply (in yahoo) and then forgetting that the default reply email goes not to the list but

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Bob Long
On Sunday, November 07, 2004 7:08 PM [GMT+1=CET], Gezim Hoxha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So what do YOU think, does the GIMP need a name change? Well, as you ask, I do NOT think a name change is needed. The GIMP is great! The name is fine, and it's not a name I have trouble remembering. Bob Long

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, Gezim Hoxha [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e. change it). I have friends ask me What program is that? and the when they hear GIMP it

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Jakub Friedl (lists)
remember. So what do YOU think, does the GIMP need a name change? No. The name is very nice and many people already know it. It is a good brand. Even people that never used it often heard about the Gimp. And the name is very easy to remember. It is only 4 letters short and it has a meaning -

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread regis rampnoux
On 07-Nov-2004 Kevin Waterson wrote: I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e. change it). I have friends ask me What program is that? and the when they hear But you can do a demo and it is better than

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Jakub Friedl (lists)
But you can do a demo and it is better than they have a false knowledge about it! Insightful remark. Gimp is the Gimp. Not a Photoshop clone. It shouldn't be the same and its name shouldn't imply it. It is an original software. ___ Gimp-user mailing

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread david thompson
Yes, the GIMP does make you think of the disabled!! Gezim Hoxha wrote: Hi all, I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e. change it). I have friends ask me What program is that? and the when they hear GIMP it

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Kevin Waterson
This one time, at band camp, regis rampnoux [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 07-Nov-2004 Kevin Waterson wrote: I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e. change it). I have friends ask me What program is

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Gezim Hoxha
So I do not get what you do not like about the name. There are lots of free programs that do not have ideal names (some are really obscure), but the Gimp is one I really like. Jakub Friedl THe name should imply/tell something about the application...GIMP doesn't say anything to me other

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Jakub Friedl (lists)
THe name should imply/tell something about the application...GIMP doesn't say anything to me other With good brands it happens often the other way - Xerox comes to mind immediatelly. But there are many more such examples. My experience is that many people around me mix all the similar names -

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Geoffrey
Gezim Hoxha wrote: Hi all, I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e. change it). I have friends ask me What program is that? and the when they hear GIMP it doesn't sound good, and it's hard to remember. So what

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Tom
The name is fine. It's unusual and easy to remember. It never made me think of a disabled person until it was mentioned here. ... PhotoChop? ... now that makes me think of 'butcher'. ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Wayne Maeda
On Saturday 06 November 2004 11:08 pm, Gezim Hoxha wrote: I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e. change it). How about we call it SNOT or PHLEGM? ___ Gimp-user

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread John Richard Smith
Gezim Hoxha wrote: Hi all, I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e. change it). I have friends ask me What program is that? and the when they hear GIMP it doesn't sound good, and it's hard to remember. So what

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread nate cockram
To my mind changing the name now would be like renaming the Statue of Liberty to something like statue of false hope. Hmm... well, now that you mention it... :/ ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread John Dietsch
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Jakub Friedl (lists) wrote: Very well put a very good piece of software as well. J Dietsch But you can do a demo and it is better than they have a false knowledge about it! Insightful remark. Gimp is the Gimp. Not a Photoshop clone. It shouldn't be the same and its name

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Andrew
Gezim Hoxha wrote: So what do YOU think, does the GIMP need a name change? PhotoChop, photochip, potatochip, potatocrop, protocrop, protoshop, protogimp, protochimp, photochamp, chomp, chump What about nimph? (nude image manipulation program hoho) Andrew

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread ivanova
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 20:27:10 +0100 Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gezim Hoxha wrote: So what do YOU think, does the GIMP need a name change? PhotoChop, photochip, potatochip, potatocrop, protocrop, protoshop, protogimp, protochimp, photochamp, chomp, chump What about

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Owen Cook
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Gezim Hoxha wrote: P.S: I know GIMP is an acronym, but [almost] no one calls it GNU Image Manipulation Program either. Corrupt the acronym ..the Great Image Manipulation Program and if you didn't do an install-strip, you might want to call it the Bloody Large Image

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Marco Wessel
On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 09:39:32AM +1100, Owen Cook wrote: On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, Gezim Hoxha wrote: P.S: I know GIMP is an acronym, but [almost] no one calls it GNU Image Manipulation Program either. Corrupt the acronym ..the Great Image Manipulation Program and if you didn't do

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Asif Lodhi
Jakub Friedl Wrote THe name should imply/tell something about the application...GIMP doesn't say anything to me other With good brands it happens often the other way - Xerox comes to mind immediatelly. But there are many more such examples. YES. Apple Computers, for example.

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Alan Horkan
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 01:08:39 -0800 (PST) From: Gezim Hoxha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: gimp user [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp Hi all, I find the name GIMP not very attractive and I think if we want to market the GIMP we need to do something about this name (i.e.

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Alan Horkan
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, nate cockram wrote: Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:34:59 -0500 From: nate cockram [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp To my mind changing the name now would be like renaming the Statue of Liberty to something like statue

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Kevin Myers
/KAM - Original Message - From: Alan Horkan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: nate cockram [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 6:52 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, nate cockram wrote: Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 13:34:59 -0500

Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp

2004-11-07 Thread Kevin Myers
PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 07, 2004 8:24 PM Subject: Re: [Gimp-user] renaming the gimp Please give my regards to the French, and speaking of Liberty, you might want to recall who liberated France from German occupation, not once, but twice. Also perhaps mention the fact that the USA also