On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 01:52 -0500, Alexandro Colorado wrote: > Also Libre come from FLOSS, most people know and pronounce > Free/Libre/Open Source Software with no issue including americans.
Most people have never heard of FLOSS, don't know what it means, and don't care. But I don't think that's relevant here. To whoever in this thread said, "And there you have the problem: You have to explain it. Good marketing requires that you engage with customers' existing understanding and expectations." : I don't see why anyone needs to explain the name (unlike OpenOffice.org, which looks like a URL). Good marketing can make a name memorable even if it's totally outside customers' expectations. Does anyone have to explain what "Firefox" means? Other than to say "it's a web browser"? Does it mean anything? Who cares? How about "Ubuntu"? Yes, it has a meaning, and some people wonder and we tell them and they say "cool" and that's that. > > Libre means Free from freedom, so there is really a more exact cognotaion > since Open Source vs Free Software, LibreOffice get us back to freedom and > not just being open. I agree totally. In those cases where we might have to explain the name, we say "Libre means Free". What's the big deal? It's a good name. Not as catchy as Firefox or Ubuntu, but a good name. --Jean -- To unsubscribe, send an empty e-mail to discuss+unsubscr...@documentfoundation.org All messages you send to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted. List archives are available at http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/
