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List:       koffice-devel
Subject:    Re: RFC: Renaming karbon14
From:       Nikolas Zimmermann <wildfox () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-05-02 14:42:10
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On Thursday 02 May 2002 15:53, Sarang Lakare wrote:
> Hello,

Hi,
>
> Could you please tell what "14" is for? I have no clue why the application
> name is karbon14 and not just karbon. And if a person like me (with CS
> engineering background) dosn't understand that, I really doubt if many
> people will understand the naming.
Lenny couldn't call it Karbon only, cause 'Carbon' is courisity of Apple...

Karbon14 is meant to remind you of C14 (radioactive carbon)...

But i agree that there will be better opinions..

Bye
 Bye
  Niko

>
> About the name, I like the name "karbon". What is the procedure to register
> this name? If we do not register our application names, we will always have
> to keep them changing. Can the kde-league help us here?
>
> If we have to change the name, then I would like to ask the karbon authors
> to give a short description of the application so that we can think of a
> name and suggest.
>
> From what I read at a few places, karbon is a vector drawing application.
> So what is the difference between karbon and kontour? Is there a
> possibility that the two will merge in future. I looked up kontour CVS and
> there isn't much activity there other than some bug fixes (I may be wrong).
> There are two main reasons why I think the two should merge:
> - there is no place for 2 vector drawing applications in koffice (or in any
> office suite). If you think of it from the point of view of an end user,
> its just confusing to him/her.
> - if at present four people are working on each app, then after merging, 8
> people will be working on the same application. Guess what the progress of
> the application would be then!
>
> So I suggest that whatever differences are between the two applications be
> resolved and the two be merged (or one of them depreciated) and named
> "kontour". Although both karbon and kontour are really good names.. I esp.
> like kontour.. vector drawing comes immediately in my mind.
>
> Have a good day.
> Sarang
>
> On Tuesday 30 April 2002 5:00 pm, Lenny wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > during chats with people with different backgrounds i found that there is
> > a non-zero possibility of confusing karbon14 with Apple Carbon (tm). Even
> > though both products are very different, there is the danger that some
> > underpaid lawyer in a country with some brain damaged laws might find an
> > oportunity to earn some money.
> > I concluded it's necessary to rename karbon14 - the earlier the better.
> > My ideas so far:
> > - 14
> > - k14
> > - Cf252
> > - kurve
> > - stupid (or any other name no company would dare to choose)
> >
> > If nobody comes up with a better name, we will have to decide among those
> > choices.
> >
> > Regards
> > Lenny
> >
> > PS: In order to not make mighty dfaure angry, we also accept suggestions
> > via private mail.
> >
> >
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