El mar, 06-04-2010 a las 18:28 +0200, Dave Neary escribió: > Hi Andre, > > Andre Klapper wrote: > > Am Dienstag, den 06.04.2010, 08:08 -0500 schrieb Bharat Kapoor: > >> At least now I know what GNOME is an acronym for :) > >> The talk is about name or rename (if our mission is consistent with) > >> GNU Network Object Model Environment > > > > Once again: GNOME WAS an acronym. GNOME is NOT anymore an acronym. > > GNOME stands for GNOME nowadays. Only. That's all. > > Except, that's not a good answer. > > If that's the case, then GNOME can be Gnome or gnome or GnoMe or > whatever. All caps implies acronym, and thus people will ask what it > stands for. And if you answer "it doesn't stand for anything", the most > likely answer is "that's stupid". >
I don't agree. I usually use André's answer and people just find it curious or funny. I haven't get negative feedback or reactions from "GNOME is just GNOME, it was blah blah, but now it's just GNOME". It's not an absolutist answer, just a simple one. -- marketing-list mailing list marketing-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing-list