Ben Armstrong wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:05:51 +0200 > Steffen Moeller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I never understood >> though why it was nut just called Special Interest Group (SIG), something >> that >> everyone would grasp immediately. > > If we were trying to describe something that everyone grasped > immediately, then using a term that everyone grasped immediately would > be appropriate. A SIG is a special interest group, but a DIS (CDD) is > something more (see the proposal for details) which is why it needs a > special name of its own.
Agreed. It is probably more like: we as a SIG produce a DIS or IDS. 3 letter abbreviations are never fully unerstood at a first read, though, so maybe an immediate understanding is not overly important. > Will think on this some more. Maybe a simple rearrangement of the > letters, so we can keep the meaning of each of these words but lose the > quirky pronunciation and bad association with the slang "dis"? Thus, > IDS (Integrated Debian Solutions). While thinking more ... does it need to be a 3 letter acronym? We could call it something very different, like Debian Flower (it came to me since it sounds similar (to a non-native speaker) to flavour and is something nice growing) or an Adebtation (ouch). Maybe some completely new work would do, like, say, "ligys" (hands fell on keyboard and produced that). I recall that Linux once was special for having a logo that is a comic animal, all those fancy geometric figures suggested were dissed. And we should diss the common three letter abbreviations of, frankly speaking, a collection of buzzwords. Best, Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
