* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Dec 31 12:19 -0600]: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 12/31/07 12:06, David Brodbeck wrote: > > > > On Dec 29, 2007, at 3:18 PM, Sjoerd Hiemstra wrote: > >> As far as I'm concerned, 'Netscape' is a good name. I always wondered > >> how names like 'Seamonkey', 'Iceape' or 'Firefox' could ever make their > >> way into a serious, corporate environment. > > > > Silly names seem to be all the rage with start-ups these days, so maybe > > the open source community was just ahead of the curve. ;) > > That's been a trend now (in the US, at least) for about 20 years. > Started with stupid wussy product names and moved to stupid and or > meaningless company names.
We must be careful not to offend. Companies now spend untold time and money searching through languages of all sorts to be sure that a new product or merged company name is not offensive. If even one person^Wattorney finds it offensive^Wlucrative it is certain that a lawsuit will be filed. It's PC insanity and it shows no sign of stopping any time soon. Happy New Year! - Nate >> -- "The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears this is true." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
