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List:       kde-promo
Subject:    Re: [kde-promo] Article about Baloo
From:       Vishesh Handa <me () vhanda ! in>
Date:       2014-02-19 9:54:14
Message-ID: 2615201.GcBxb6EUD6 () vlap
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On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 08:47:32 AM Carl Symons wrote:
> On 02/18/2014 07:50 AM, Markus Slopianka wrote:
> > Considering that once upon a time it was agreed that it's better to avoid
> > jargon towards the end user, no user-visible parts should be connected to
> > the name anyway.
> > Or has the policy changed?
> > 
> > Markus
> 
> In principle the policy makes sense.
> 
> In practice, it's not so clear. A Google search for "KDE Nepomuk" yields
> over 500,000 entries. And "slashdot nepomuk" shows over 350,000 results.
> Nepomuk is visible to users. It's gotten plenty of press and exposure in
> various forums.
> 
> Is that policy available somewhere to look at?
> 
> Dot stories are not just for users. The Dot audience is broad and
> diverse. Many uberTechies will be interested; KDE users are more
> technically inclined than the general public. And it's not like users
> are necessarily ignorant of Nepomuk..."Configure Desktop" or "System
> Settings" have an entry for Desktop Search. That section leads to
> several entries that refer to Nepomuk.
> 

It also leads to utter confusion if we keep the name "Nepomuk" because all 
previous information about the word is now utterly invalid.

-- 
Vishesh Handa

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