[Mageia-discuss] A name for mageia-app-db

Sat Feb 12 20:30:46 CET 2011

On Saturday 12 February 2011, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+ > As for "agora":
+> While "agora" has its meaning in Greek, I wonder how many people
+> elsewhere know it. Over here "agora" is mostly known as part of
+> "agoraphobie", a psychologic desease (patients avoid any public
+> gathering of people, in severe cases the patient is not able to leave
+> his house). So, if the word has any meaning for someone here, it is as
+> part of something negative.
+
+Well, I'd have to dispute that:
+if you are talking about "agora-phobie", it is the second component that adds 
+the negative meaning, while the first one is the original meaning.
+Like with "techno+phobie" that will not give the "techno" a negative meaning 
+itself ("techno" -> art, machinery, "-phobie" -> afraid of).
+
+I'd be more concerned if somebody else already uses "agora" for some product 
+(with a quick check, I couldn't notice any "mandrake"-like case of 
+competition), rather than mis-interpretations.
+
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