On Feb 7, 2008 1:54 AM, Mikko Huhtala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > My personal view is that the name should not focus on the "free" side of
> the
> > software. When we call something FreeX or OpenX we are emphasizing the fact
> > that it is free, and some professionals run from that like the devil from a
> > cross.
>
> Maybe so. Then again there is not much anyone can do about people who
> judge a NLE program based on the name alone.
Ohwell, we'll attract more people on the whole == good. I agree with
NOT naming it FreeX, OpenX.
Also I agree with raffa saying this should not be a final vote by any
means. We should use condorcet voting and I think the doers (the
developers who does the developing of cin3) should give name. I've
done a very, very small contribution (I fixed some docs) so my vote
shouldn't have much influence if at all - but it should be easy to
check with git who the doers are (and I think it's easy to say who
they'll be :P).
> It should either be a universally handy name that does not mean
> anything ('Kodak', 'Linux') or a word that has some nice connotations
> ('Blender').
Agreed. I'm all for finding a nice name that is nice in itself, like
Firefox. And I also agree with the aforementioned
googleability-critique; the name will be findable on the net when it
gets linked to and thus gets higher rank. It would be stupid to call
it «video editor» of course, but I'm sure you could find almost any
name on google with small problems. -- If you also define «Linux»
«Free» «Open» or «Video» with the name, I'm sure Google and other
search engines will find it and place it at the top no matter how bad
googleability it had.... :-)
> The whole business reminds me of a Finnish bank that after a merger
> many years ago spent millions on a consultant firm to come up with a
> name for them. The result was 'Merita'. I hope it was worth the
> several 100k FIM per letter. (A few years later they merged again and
> became 'Nordea'. Don't know how much that name cost.)
Nordea. That's a bank here in Norway too. So they merged.... Hehe, I
kinda like Merita :P
--
Beste helsing,
Odin Hørthe Omdal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://www.velmont.net
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