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I say implictly because almost everything was ascii. + +We also tried to get a name which could be used for design ( ie, we try +to avoid turd linux ), with name not already taken everywhere, with .com +availiable, and with a possible good catch phrase but we had to relax +theses checks, as the twitter account was not available, and as the .com +domain name was already taken ( but that's not a issue, IMHO ). And I +think no one thought of the design/catchphrase stuff in the last run. + +And so basically, after removing more than 95% of the various proposals, +only 2 names survived after the selection. And we voted to keep one +( and no, I will keep the other one secret ). + +Of course, this explanation is less sexy than the other one about "this +come from greek", which are true too, but I want to highlight that +choosing a name is neither easy or as fun as it sound. And that we +didn't start by saying "wow, greek is a cool language, let's find a word +from it". + +-- +Michael Scherer + +</PRE> + + + + + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000311.html">[Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000324.html">[Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#315">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#315">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#315">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#315">[ author ]</a> + </LI> + </UL> + +<hr> +<a href="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss">More information about the Mageia-discuss +mailing list</a><br> +</body></html> |