ASU Testing
Mike (mwester)
mwester at dls.net
Fri Jun 13 18:26:55 CEST 2008
Andy Powell wrote:
> On Friday 13 June 2008 04:28, Jeremy Chang wrote:
>> I think, to make it clear for everybody, we call it Splinter instead
>> of Diversity when talking about ASU.
>> That's more make sense?
>>
> None of this naming makes sense. I've never understood why these stupid names
> are being used. Could someone enlighten (heheh) me as to why the package
> manager isn't called 'Package Manager' or 'Add/remove Programs' or at least
> something that describes what its function is... or is the target market for
> these devices 14 year old boys?
Andy is absolutely correct (and I applaud his "no-holds barred"
communication style!).
"Assassin" -- What the heck does that have to do with package
management, firstly.
Secondly, it's an emotionally-charged word. If that's going to help in
the target market, that's a good thing. And I don't underestimate the
number of Linux "geeks" that count themselves in the type of community
where this would be met with "Oh cool!". But if anyone is thinking that
this is a device that should be marketed to companies and businesses who
would use it as a platform (think Blackberry replacements, for example),
that choice of words is probably just about as bad as it can get.
Consider what sort of trouble a reference to that word got Hillary
Clinton into a few weeks ago. That's just an example; I rather expect
the word has highly-charged negative connotations in other countries as
well.
"Splinter" -- as in something I don't want to get? Something that
causes me great pain both going in, and when someone with tweezers pulls
it out?
"Illume" -- what? Where's my dictionary/thesaurus!
"Exposure" -- Huh? As in, what I'm going to die of? Out in the woods
where I got lost because I couldn't remember the name of the GPS
application on my Neo, if I don't die first of the infection I got from
the "Splinter" in my toe... but maybe if I use my Neo to "Illume" my
toe I can remove the "Splinter", and crawl to safety....
Honestly, I'm not trying to be a wet blanket -- "Package Manager" and
"GPS" are crappy names too -- but can't we find something else? :D
Mike (mwester)
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