Op 28-01-2007 om 11:13 schreef Margarita Manterola: > On 1/28/07, Robert Millan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Due to continued problems with "Slashdot effect" I've moved this > >temporarily > >to gluck (http://goodbye-microsoft.com/ now redirects automaticaly). > > Is "goodbye-microsoft" really the better name for this?
Yes, Robert does think so, at least he did pick that name. And I support him. > I understand that it can be funny. Cool. > But: > > 1) It's aggressive There is no aggression in saying goodbye. > 2) It does not say anything about debian We can live with that. Mankind got use to Mercedes not being a french name and McDonalds not being that scottish. > 3) You might even be accused of trademark infringement Thank you for the warning. I serious believe that a correct spelled name is good publicity. If the trademark holder feel offended, they are free to contact us. > 4) the .com at the end is misleading As misleading as in google.com? Where it does take some time before you find out what they provide? > > However, I like the installer for windows idea. Thus, I propose to > change this into non-aggressive, non-microsoft, debian name as in: > > * get-debian.org (This could even be get.debian.org and be the > official d-i, g-i, w-d-i page) > * automatic-debian.org > * dive-into-debian.org > * plug-into-debian.org > * startup-debian.org > * debian-for-newbies.org > * debian-for-windows.org > * etc, etc, etc You are welcome to claim such doman name. Contact the creator of "goodbye-microsoft.com" before you start mirrorring. > I don't know if using "for windows" is trademark infrigement. It probably > is :-\ Could be. It is also another contribution to the pool of programs for Microsoft Windows. It gaves credit to the slogan "exclusive for Windows" Cheers Geert Stappers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
