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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Project naming
From:       "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo () kde ! org>
Date:       2006-06-06 16:10:17
Message-ID: 200606061010.18159.aseigo () kde ! org
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On Tuesday 06 June 2006 09:08, Stefan Nikolaus wrote:
> On Tuesday 06 June 2006 17:04, Stefan Nikolaus wrote:
> > On Monday 05 June 2006 22:45, Stefan Nikolaus wrote:
> > > > The software to be named has the characteristics of that it:
> > > >
> > > > * Transforms/changes something into something else
> > > > * Navigates/queries an existing structure
> >
> > Or "Kommutator". I'm not aware of the english noun for this
> > (commutator?).
>
> Maybe "Kommutation" or "Kommute" fit better.

for the record, 'k'-ified names are -really- hard to market and really make it 
more difficult to get support for the technology outside of kde's inner 
circle of developers and fans.

this is why we've stayed away from such names for new things in kde4.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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