Christopher Howard-3 wrote:
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:
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
On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 2:12 PM, vabijou2 vabi...@yahoo.com 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
David Gowers wrote:
'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
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 anymore.
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
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 away from using
