tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470382175065019832.post9053115251092568127..comments2023-10-18T03:22:23.994-07:00Comments on luxate: Agreeing on the child's name ... a simple task?Christoph Noackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05038500172913638423noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470382175065019832.post-3536989073383473832010-10-16T14:35:04.692-07:002010-10-16T14:35:04.692-07:00Hi Mirek,
I recently discovered the comments ... ...Hi Mirek,<br /><br />I recently discovered the comments ... sorry for being sooo late.<br /><br />I agree with all your statements - we had a similar discussion within our group and some people proposed some very fresh and new names. Unfortunately, we do also have corporate users that might be frightened ... so we agreed on being a bit conservative :-)<br /><br />But, we also look into the future. There is no "Office Foundation", there is a "Document Foundation" ... I hope there will be more thrilling ideas that will be turned into code (applications). Then we can start on new ground ... and with fresh ideas for names. My personal opinion ...<br /><br />Bye,<br />ChristophChristoph Noackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05038500172913638423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3470382175065019832.post-15824141730545980602010-10-03T23:49:14.570-07:002010-10-03T23:49:14.570-07:00"Well, if we want to have some continuity, is..."Well, if we want to have some continuity, is it correct to use a completely different name to frighten users? No; we kept the "Office" part."<br />-- Removing "Office" shouldn't frighten users. Actually, it should add brand-name value. Look at how Microsoft's search engine used to be named: "Windows Live Search". Replacing that with a simple "Bing" really helped the brand take off, even though it implied nothing about search or Windows or the web. I think this sort of thing applies to everything -- when you use the type of software within the software name, you lose brand value. "Firefox" is much better than "FireBrowser", "QuickTime" much better than "Apple Media Player", "Blender" much better than "GNU 3D animator".<br /><br />That said, since the Document Foundation has worked so laboriously on the name and have already registered some of the domain names, I think we can cope with "LibreOffice". I get used to the pronunciation more and more, and I'm thinking that, at the end of the day, it's probably not going to be a problem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com