Christopher Howard-3 wrote:
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> If the devels ever did come over to the other side on this issue, the
> coolest way to go about picking a new name would be a contest. For
> example, have a web page where people suggest a name or vote on a list
> of names. Then the devs could pick from the top 5
vabijou2 wrote:
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> Christopher Howard-3 wrote:
>> Its about having a product you aren't afraid to advertise. . As soon
>> as I say "GIMP," you can see
>> the doubt on their faces, because they associate the word with being
>> weak or lame.
>
> I agree with this. Many people shy away from us
On Saturday 31 October 2009, vabijou2 wrote:
> Speaking again as a non-programmer, why would anything have to change
> internally?
Many internal names have "gimp" in them, and future generations of programmers
should not have to ask themselves what that stands for when nobody
knows "GIMP" anymor
David Gowers wrote:
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> 'jeeples'? lol. I'm sure the FSF people would like it :) How do we
> verb it though? jeepling? BWAHAHAHAHAHA. (more seriously, G+ is
> extremely close to the name of the gnu C++ compiler, G++).
OK, as I have said I am not a programmer, so I was not aware of G++. I
a
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 2:12 PM, vabijou2 wrote:
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>
> Christopher Howard-3 wrote:
>>
>> Its about having a product you aren't afraid to advertise. . As soon
>> as I say "GIMP," you can see
>> the doubt on their faces, because they associate the word with being
>> weak or lame.
>
> I agree wit
vabijou2 wrote:
> Christopher Howard-3 wrote:
>
>> Its about having a product you aren't afraid to advertise. . As soon
>> as I say "GIMP," you can see
>> the doubt on their faces, because they associate the word with being
>> weak or lame.
>>
>
> I agree with this. Many people shy awa
Christopher Howard-3 wrote:
>
> Its about having a product you aren't afraid to advertise. . As soon
> as I say "GIMP," you can see
> the doubt on their faces, because they associate the word with being
> weak or lame.
I agree with this. Many people shy away from using products that aren't
