Hi, I think LibreOffice is a good name (to becoming a brand), at least for a person living in Finland. It is really easy to pronounce (for us), and everybody can intuitively understand the message "free office". In Finnish free is "vapaus", but we have good a educational system, and I believe ever y one can here associate "Libre" easily with "freedom".
And many of us like Cuba Libre, too ;-) So, Go LibO, Go! JusSi 2010/10/4 Charles-H. Schulz <charles.sch...@documentfoundation.org> > Folks, > > Let me clear so that we can move on: Unless Oracle gives us the trademark o > f > OpenOffice.org, we're using LibreOffice, and some people love it, some > people hate it, but as a matter of fact, we're not changing it anymore, s o > it's useless to request a change. > > Thanks, > > Charles. > > 2010/10/3 Alexandro Colorado <j...@openoffice.org> > > > On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 3:31 PM, Mirek M. <maz...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > 2010/10/3 Graham Lauder <yori...@openoffice.org> > > > > > > > On Sunday 03 Oct 2010 20:55:11 Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > > > > > On Sun, 2010-10-03 at 19:21 +1300, Graham Lauder wrote: > > > > > > Antonio, > > > > > > You in fact wear the best argument for a unique name in your si g. > > > Who > > > > is > > > > > > arguably the most successful Open Source company: Red Hat > > > > > > > > > > > > What in gods name does a Red Hat have to do with software other t > ha > > n > > > > give > > > > > > them a really cool logo. > > > > > > > > > > > > This discussion is indicative, much of marketing is about creat in > g > > > > buzz. > > > > > > I would like a name that leads to a logo that is sexy enough fo r > > > people > > > > > > to use as a desktop background, Redhat does and Fedora and Fire fo > x. > > > I > > > > > > was looking at the "LibO" abbreviation and the thing that I sud de > nl > > y > > > > saw > > > > > > was LbD, or LBD which is abrreviation for "Little Black Dress", > > > > suddenly > > > > > > I see a very cool logo and marketing campaign and a buzz. One gr > ea > > t > > > > > > thing is that LBD is cool to both men and women, both groups te nd > t > > o > > > > > > like the way they look. > > > > > > > > > > > > What has it to do with Office suites? About the same amount tha t > > > > Computer > > > > > > Operating systems have to do with Hats. > > > > > > > > > > > > But dang what a buzz it would cause: An office suite that was se > xy > > , > > > > now > > > > > > THAT would be cool to market. > > > > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > GL > > > > > > > > > > Graham, you & I think alike! But I should have thought of Red Hat w > he > > n > > > I > > > > > was hurling out examples. And... Hmmm.... a sexy office suite? I' m > su > > re > > > > > someone could manage that, without it being also sexist. > > > > > > > > > > Cheers, Jean > > > > > > > > A name that sounds like a Latin Dance, Salsa, or Tango Both open so ur > ce > > > > projects already unfortunately > > > > > > > > Red Hat is cool because it engenders an emotional response. Red an d > > > black > > > > is > > > > sophisticated, the logo is a hat with a rakish tilt on it, hiding t he > > > > wearers > > > > eyes, it makes the viewer curious, wanting to find out more. It ev ok > es > > a > > > > whole Film Noir feel to it as well, as though that's Bogart hiding un > de > > r > > > > there... (with Bacall on his arm in an LBD ok ok not going there.. > ;) > > ) > > > > > > > > Obviously these are not things that people actually think, I'm just > > > trying > > > > to > > > > allow people access to the emotional response > > > > > > > > It works on many levels but it is emotional before it is informativ e, > > > which > > > > is > > > > as a logo and branding should be. > > > > > > > > I like Latin dance sounding names, they're emotional, sound cool of f > th > > e > > > > tongue and they're sexy.... But not sexist! :D > > > > > > > > > > I was thinking more along the lines of something breezy, simple, shor t, > a > > nd > > > refreshing, to contrast with the depressing and dull connotations of > > > "Office" and "iWork". > > > I've been trying to brainstorm different names. I was thinking that I > > > associate "refreshing" with cool water or lemonade with ice, a straw an > d > > an > > > umbrella/sunshade. "Pulp" sounds nice and quick, but it's quite overu se > d. > > > Maybe something similar? (I really like the feeling one-syllable word s > > > invoke: they sound simple.) > > > > > > > I am sorry Pulp sound like an insult to a non-english speaker. If you a re > > talking phonetics I wouldnt go with pulp. 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