On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 01:07:05PM -0500, Wayne Stambaugh wrote:
> On 2/2/2017 1:08 PM, Chris Pavlina wrote:
> > Keep in mind I am not suggesting changing the name of the whole package.
> > This is more like if Ford suggested changing Qxshift* to SelectShift[1].
> > It's a clearer name that tells what the thing does, and
> > really...nobody's going to miss "Qxshift".
> > 
> > [1] 
> > https://owner.ford.com/how-tos/vehicle-features/transmission/selectshift-automatic-transmission.html
> > * I really have no idea what Cvpcb means still.
> 
> Me neither.  That was it's name when I joined the project.  Maybe JP
> could shed some light on this.

Whatever the outcome of this larger discussion is, can we please please
please rename cvpcb? ;)

> 
> > 
> > On Thu, Feb 02, 2017 at 11:03:48AM -0700, Andy Peters wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Feb 2, 2017, at 10:40 AM, Wayne Stambaugh <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I don't have a strong opinion one way or another but you should never
> >>> underestimate the power of branding.  You can take the same car and
> >>> change the manufacturer and model names and the same person who liked
> >>> the car under one brand name will hate it under another brand name.  I
> >>> never understood this myself but I'm not a marketing guru.  
> >>
> >> A good example of this was when Ford decided that the Taurus model name 
> >> had run its course, so they changed the name to the Five Hundred. Sales 
> >> tanked, so they reverted back to Taurus.
> >>
> >> I don’t get it, either.
> >>
> >> -a
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