> Are we afraid it will scare-away Windows users? I stand from a point of someone who tries to promote the use of this software, and this has indeed been an issue. I have pointed people (windows users) to lmms and didn't even bother reading that there exists windows binaries of this software the time they read the word 'linux'. It sounds silly, but it IS a 'marketing' problem.
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 06:08:54PM -0400, Andrei Smirnov wrote: > What's wrong with keeping Linux in the name? > Are we afraid it will scare-away Windows users? > Maybe it will remind them where this beautiful software came from > and make them more apprehensive about things other than Microsoft? > > Andrei > > On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 2:50 PM, Kevin Fishburne > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 03/29/2011 10:34 AM, Rob wrote: > >> On Tuesday 29 March 2011 08:06, Fernando Mercadal wrote: > >>> I also like "Luminous Music Making Studio" (though too long and the > >>> acronym is little phonetic) > >> Well, my idea was to start by renaming it to that, maintaining the current > >> initialism (note: it's not an acronym if you can't pronounce it) and then > >> start referring to it as "Luminous", or whatever other L-word the authors > >> choose. Eventually, it would be possible to drop "LMMS" altogether, > >> because it'll be known to people as "Luminous" (or whatever). > >> > >> But as far as I've noticed, none of the authors have taken part in this > >> latest name discussion, and for all I know they might have chosen a name > >> already and just not started promoting it yet. Or they might mean for > >> Unison to replace LMMS when it's ready, which would make the name change > >> discussion moot. > > > > I think they are going with Unison, even though it's taken by a > > different Linux app. > > > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > Andrei V. Smirnov, PhD. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Create and publish websites with WebMatrix > Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; > WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and > publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf > _______________________________________________ > LMMS-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and publish websites with WebMatrix Use the most popular FREE web apps or write code yourself; WebMatrix provides all the features you need to develop and publish your website. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ms-webmatrix-sf _______________________________________________ LMMS-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lmms-devel
