Hi! Since we've compiled a list of proposed names, please send the proposed names from now on to either me (address in thread) or the Thomas, his address also on this thread as we both have posted, instead of sending it to the ML.
Thank you! -Sivan On Wed, Oct 12, 2011 at 11:03 PM, Ritesh Patel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > How about Moken? > > The Moken 'are an Austronesian ethnic group ... who maintain a nomadic, > sea-based culture' [1]. > > This is a mobile community; mobile in two senses a) it's a community built > around mobile phone devices, b) it's a community that has had a nomadic > existence, from inernettablettalk -> maemo.org -> (mer->) meego -> mer. But > most of all it's about community. > > That got me thinking about nomadic communities, and then all the talk about > the sea made me look up sea gypsies [2]. Wikipedia threw up a few options, > of which Moken seemed the best fit to me. > > You've got mer (the sea) that is the core, and then you have a sea based > culture living on top of it, which would be the Community Edition. > > Regards, > > Ritesh Patel (aka mrsellout) > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moken > [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_Gypsies > > > >> Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:51:50 -0700 >> From: [email protected] >> To: [email protected] >> CC: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Meego-handset] Naming of Community Edition - community >> discussion >> >> Hi, >> >> Quim Gil wrote: >> > Since Community Edition is not Masemo, that would be a good reason >> > to actually avoid wind codenames. >> > >> >> I agree. If code names are required, I suggest types of storms: >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm#Types >> >> It references the old naming structure while remaining obtuse enough to >> be different. And, names like Cyclone, Typhoon, Firestorm, etc. are just >> cool. ;) >> >> Tim >> >> -- >> http://samoff.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MeeGo-handset mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-handset > > _______________________________________________ > MeeGo-handset mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-handset > > -- -Sivan _______________________________________________ MeeGo-handset mailing list [email protected] http://lists.meego.com/listinfo/meego-handset
