[Mageia-discuss] Wish List

[Graham Lauder]

On Monday 04 Oct 2010 09:18:16 Ahmad Samir wrote:
> On 3 October 2010 20:57, Graham Lauder <yorick_ at openoffice.org> wrote:
> > On Monday 04 Oct 2010 02:56:41 Robert Wood wrote:
> >> On 03/10/10 14:09, Tux99 wrote:
> >> > Hmm, so we could make everyone happy by using an numbered version plus
> >> > a nickname (just like Ubunbtu does).
> >> 
> >> As long as the names are not the horrible, kitsch and embarrassing style
> >> names that Canonical use!
> > 
> > Actually, Ubuntu's naming convention is perfect for their target market,
> > there must be something right about it because it certainly hasn't hurt
> > their market share.
> > 
> > Besides which doing something because of a negative attitude is not a
> > good idea.  We should learn from there mistakes and make sure we don't
> > repeat them rather than trying to avoid what was patently successful for
> > them.  :)
> > 
> > Cheers
> > GL
> > 
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> > Graham Lauder,
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> > 
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> > 
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> 
> Personally I like the tongue-in-cheek names in the Linux world (e.g.
> cat, dog, grep). Developers don't necessarily need to be a bunch of
> uptight code hackers... :)

Exactly, Linux has always been a little bit zany, I always love the kernel 
warnings:  "Oops I made a screwup" is much better than "Error" 

> 
> However I don't follow the ubuntu news that closely (but Opaque Okapi
> does sound nice, somehow rhymes with Obi-Wan Kenobi).

LOL Cool, that is a tonque twister, a lot of spitting going on.

Cheers
GL


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Graham Lauder,
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OpenOffice.org Migration and training Consultant.

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(International Grades in Open Technologies)
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