LMMS is already a 'brand'. 1000+ of pages on the net uses LMMS as metadata. It would be a mistake to loose the acronym LMMS, but the isue has already been given a posible solution, that i for one like and do use : LMMS is the name but its pronaunced 'Elements' Its easy to pronaunce, make sence and preserve the aconym/ brand The discussion on this can be found right here on nabble. Br.
kevinfishburne wrote: > > On 03/25/2011 11:43 AM, Rob wrote: >> On Friday 25 March 2011 11:26, Stéphane THOMAS wrote: >>> LMMS stands for Linux Multi Media Studio although it has never been a >>> multimedia app but a sound and music app. It is no longer linux only >>> but multiplatform. The name "LMMS" is ugly. >>> I'm not sure if it's still a thing to do, after all LMMS started to >>> become popular and maybe change the name would lead to some confusion. >> Well, since they didn't seem too keen on any of the names we users >> suggested, there's always the option of going halfway: keeping the >> initialism "LMMS" to ease the transition, but changing what it stands for >> to something like "Luminous Music Making Studio". >> >> grep ^l /usr/share/dict/words |less and start looking for L-words ;) >> >> Rob > > I changed the subject as not to hijack the thread, hope that's okay. > > LMMS is in dire need of a name change, as loath as many people are to do > so. I'm fine with most OSS's obscure names (GIMP, GNOME, K3b, etc.), but > I agree with Stéphane's points completely and think this should be a > rare exception. While it sounds unlikely due to its seeming > superficiality at first look, I think that in the long term a GOOD name > change will help LMMS's popularity. > > Something clean, common and easy to remember and pronounce in any > language would be good. I'd also handle the transition the same way that > Azureus did with Vuze. "Vuze, formerly known as Azureus" in the splash > screen. In the repositories "azureus" became a metapackage that pulled > in the "vuze" package. The logo stayed the same (blue poison dart frog). > Banks and such undergoing acquisition by other banks use similar > strategies to consolidate their brand over six months to a year. > > My suggestion is "Siren". That's nine syllables shorter that "Linux > Multimedia Studio" and two shorter than LMMS. It's one word and > phonetically simple for both western and eastern languages (sai ren or > see rain). Is LMMS not a dangerous creature that lures you in with > enchanting music and voices? > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren > > I found one obscure app using the name: > > http://www.scarabee-software.net/en/download.html > > Sonic Foundry, now owned by Sony, had an app called Siren but I don't > think it's maintained any longer. So it looks like it's pretty much up > for grabs without having checked every nation's trademark database. > > What does everyone think? > > -- > Kevin Fishburne > Eight Virtues > www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com > e-mail: [email protected] > phone: (770) 853-6271 > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the > growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses > are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software > be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker > today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar > _______________________________________________ > LMMS-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel > > > ----- > Kevin Fishburne, Eight Virtues > www: http://sales.eightvirtues.com > e-mail: [email protected] > phone: (770) 853-6271 > ----- Hope this helped BR. --------------------- Tutorials and some music on : http://www.youtube.com/user/bearsoundz -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Some-design-ideas-tp31177025p31244758.html Sent from the lmms-devel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Enable your software for Intel(R) Active Management Technology to meet the growing manageability and security demands of your customers. Businesses are taking advantage of Intel(R) vPro (TM) technology - will your software be a part of the solution? Download the Intel(R) Manageability Checker today! http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmar _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
