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I say implictly because almost everything was ascii. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> We also tried to get a name which could be used for design ( ie, we try +</I>><i> to avoid turd linux ), with name not already taken everywhere, with .com +</I>><i> availiable, and with a possible good catch phrase but we had to relax +</I>><i> theses checks, as the twitter account was not available, and as the .com +</I>><i> domain name was already taken ( but that's not a issue, IMHO ). And I +</I>><i> think no one thought of the design/catchphrase stuff in the last run. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> And so basically, after removing more than 95% of the various proposals, +</I>><i> only 2 names survived after the selection. And we voted to keep one +</I>><i> ( and no, I will keep the other one secret ). +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Of course, this explanation is less sexy than the other one about "this +</I>><i> come from greek", which are true too, but I want to highlight that +</I>><i> choosing a name is neither easy or as fun as it sound. And that we +</I>><i> didn't start by saying "wow, greek is a cool language, let's find a word +</I>><i> from it". +</I> + +This is an amazing explanation, and something that a lot of people could +benefit from reading. + +I knew that it's not an easy task to get a name, and with explaning this +process, i can only imagine the fun you guys musta had when brainstorming for +a name + +"ubun3", "turd linux", ... + +thanks for the good explanation. +</PRE> + + + + +<!--endarticle--> + <HR> + <P><UL> + <!--threads--> + <LI>Previous message: <A HREF="000315.html">[Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"? +</A></li> + <LI>Next message: <A HREF="000326.html">[Mageia-discuss] origin of the name "mageia"? +</A></li> + <LI> <B>Messages sorted by:</B> + <a href="date.html#324">[ date ]</a> + <a href="thread.html#324">[ thread ]</a> + <a href="subject.html#324">[ subject ]</a> + <a href="author.html#324">[ 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> |