On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:59 PM, Winelfred G. Pasamba <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:08 PM, Alec Joseph Rivera <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Winelfred G. Pasamba wrote: >> > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Alec Joseph Rivera <[email protected] >> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> > <snip> >> >> Majority of the terms and names of programs and utilities we use >> everyday on Linux have their own history and reflects the creativity and >> witty playfulness of hackers (or of those who are of the same mindset). > > most of these servers are good software with a bad name :) > so they are actually sheep in wolves clothing > > so it's what the software does that's most important > > but why maintain an evil-associated name for a good software? > and why do we have to explain these historical excuses to all our students > in operating systems every semester? > > medyo nakakahiya na tuloy i-promote ang linux sa isang christianong bansa > tulad satin. > > and if you translate daemon/demon into 1000 human languages, how many will > not resolve to something evil-associated? most of them will i guess
ipantig mo na lang na 'day-mons' at hindi 'dee-mons' kung mag-a-advocate[1] ka ng *nix sa isang sagradong deboto. but imho, anybody who stops at and because of the name has a lot more issues in life to contend with. re:students and the name, kids will be kids so the more you make it taboo then the more interesting it becomes. treat it like any normal word and everything gets treated as normal. :) ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrivausers.org/index.php http://ramfree17.net/capsule , when you absolutely have nothing else better to do _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
