A do agree, too - at least partially.<br>Imho enlightenment and illume may have the name they want - because nobody will ever get in touch with those names (at least no one who cares about functional names).<br>But applications that are available in a menu to let the user select them should have a name that describes what it does - and that fits.<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 6:26 PM, Mike (mwester) <<a href="mailto:mwester@dls.net">mwester@dls.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Andy Powell wrote:<br>
> On Friday 13 June 2008 04:28, Jeremy Chang wrote:<br>
>> I think, to make it clear for everybody, we call it Splinter instead<br>
>> of Diversity when talking about ASU.<br>
>> That's more make sense?<br>
>><br>
> None of this naming makes sense. I've never understood why these stupid names<br>
> are being used. Could someone enlighten (heheh) me as to why the package<br>
> manager isn't called 'Package Manager' or 'Add/remove Programs' or at least<br>
> something that describes what its function is... or is the target market for<br>
> these devices 14 year old boys?<br>
<br>
</div></div>Andy is absolutely correct (and I applaud his "no-holds barred"<br>
communication style!).<br>
<br>
"Assassin" -- What the heck does that have to do with package<br>
management, firstly.<br>
<br>
Secondly, it's an emotionally-charged word. If that's going to help in<br>
the target market, that's a good thing. And I don't underestimate the<br>
number of Linux "geeks" that count themselves in the type of community<br>
where this would be met with "Oh cool!". But if anyone is thinking that<br>
this is a device that should be marketed to companies and businesses who<br>
would use it as a platform (think Blackberry replacements, for example),<br>
that choice of words is probably just about as bad as it can get.<br>
<br>
Consider what sort of trouble a reference to that word got Hillary<br>
Clinton into a few weeks ago. That's just an example; I rather expect<br>
the word has highly-charged negative connotations in other countries as<br>
well.<br>
<br>
<br>
"Splinter" -- as in something I don't want to get? Something that<br>
causes me great pain both going in, and when someone with tweezers pulls<br>
it out?<br>
<br>
<br>
"Illume" -- what? Where's my dictionary/thesaurus!<br>
<br>
"Exposure" -- Huh? As in, what I'm going to die of? Out in the woods<br>
where I got lost because I couldn't remember the name of the GPS<br>
application on my Neo, if I don't die first of the infection I got from<br>
the "Splinter" in my toe... but maybe if I use my Neo to "Illume" my<br>
toe I can remove the "Splinter", and crawl to safety....<br>
<br>
<br>
Honestly, I'm not trying to be a wet blanket -- "Package Manager" and<br>
"GPS" are crappy names too -- but can't we find something else? :D<br>
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Mike (mwester)<br>
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