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Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] In need for name of a project
From:       "Joseph M. Gaffney" <cucullin () wtfisthat ! net>
Date:       2007-01-27 0:44:49
Message-ID: 200701261944.50043.cucullin () wtfisthat ! net
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On Friday 26 January 2007 05:44:22 pm Friedrich W. H. Kossebau wrote:
> 
> So Ubuntu, SUSE, RedHat, Gentoo, Mandrake really hurt? I don't think the
> identifying name must be too close in semantics.

Ubuntu has a meaning, and is an integral part of Canonical's marketing.  \
SUSE  was originally S.u.S.E. - "Software- und System-Entwicklung" \
("Software and  System Development").  A gentoo is a penguin, and Mandrake \
was a product of  MandrakeSoft (then with Conectiva added, it became \
Mandriva).

So they aren't really funky names :)  But I get your point.  The main thing \
 though, is popularity.  Most of these have been around a long while now, \
and  some started quite small.  As it spread, it became more well known, \
attracted  more people, and became a "common" name.

> 
> > kimdaba used to be a favourite example of mine, but they fixed that: \
> > now it's kphotoalbum. much better.
> 
> But claims a pretty general term. How to name another one? KPhotoalbum 2?

Or maybe KPhotoBook, or maybe drop the K, and go with PictureGallery, or 
something more interesting, like daguerreotype, and have a historical 
reference.  Still on topic though.  

Ok I'm going to stop or I'll probably keep going on a lengthy email, \
without a  real reason.  Chalk it up to being hungry, and a bit bored, on a \
friday  night ;)

-Joseph M. Gaffney
 
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