On Sat, 05 Feb 2005 11:13:01 +0000 Hamie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did anyone decide on a card name yet? I don't see anything in the wiki > or the FAQ that says it was (Well, the FAQ still says it hasn't anyway)... >
In case nobody noticed this one i forward this message of mine from November. On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 00:34:58 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 14:46:03 -0500, Timothy Miller > <miller at techsource.com> wrote: > > > We do still have a case of "naming it before it's designed", but it's > > still helpful to put a label on things so that everyone knows what > > you're talking about. > > Maybe GINA ? (Gina Is Not Accelerator) > > :) > > half-jokingly: > - name is funny, > - Gina is a female name, most of computer geeks are males, so what average > Joe will pick > up when he will hear this shivering passion-triggering name? A next > GeekForce(n+1)XxX or > Radeon? I doubt it :). > - well, in Amiga computer chips inside were named like Denise, Paula or Fat > Agnus, so for > some of us that are old-school it will sound sentimental, they will shed a > tear and > definitly put some money for that !, > - well, it could be at least a codename for a while, because it's really > doesn't exist > for now and we don't know much about real world performance (so the > acronym is kinda > accurate :)), > - if the average Joe would buy this and find out that performance sucks, he > won't blame > a Tech Source : "hey, this card's name is TNT, Accelerator, Dynamite or > something else > like you advertised, and it even can't move a f***king one, solid polygon > ! Give me > back my money!". A company was at least honest to the user: "hey, we > didn't say that > it will knock your sockets off when playing Blockout! (or Tux Racer :))", > > > - as trademarks are concerned: quick Googling shows that: company Gina Shoes > exist and has > a trademark Gina and Gina Logo, so i dunno if it can be really used in > diffrent domain. > Another one - GINA - Global Initiative for Asthma :), and there is some > Unix-NT > integration tool. But if they exist today, one more doesn't make a > diffrence. > > just my 0.007zl (~0.02c) :) > cheers > > _______________________________________________ > Open-graphics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics > List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com) So you see that it has no special/blowing name (like Lourens Veen sugested), it could be only used as a codename (as Daniel Phillips sugested) and it could have a woman on a box cover (as Nicolas Boulay sugested - android). And the spirit of open source is also there (acronym as a name). And sorry for my English. Just my other 0.02c (it's 0.04c now :)) _______________________________________________ Open-graphics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.duskglow.com/mailman/listinfo/open-graphics List service provided by Duskglow Consulting, LLC (www.duskglow.com)
