Paul E Condon wrote: >On Tue, Oct 24, 2006 at 08:57:18AM -0500, Mike McCarty wrote: > > >>Steve Lamb wrote: >> >> >>>Hans du Plooy wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>>Calling someone a weasel has never been a compliment >>>> >>>> >>> *covers his ferrets eyes* Hey, there's children present! Sheesh, some >>>people. >>> >>> >>I enjoyed that post. >> >>Well, how about "Web Ferret"? "Ferret", AFAIK, only has neutral >>connotations, and in this context, perhaps good ones (nosing around >>for information). >> >>OTOH, why use a fancy name at all? How about "Debian Web Browser"? >> >>ISTM that the purpose of such fancy names has always been to >>build brand recognition and brand loyalty. Why do you feel the >>need to have such in a non-commercial product? >> >> > >The purpose of a name is to be a unique identifier. In computing, it >is very convenient to have unique identifiers that have no embedded >space characters. The need for unique identifiers in commerce is the >reason trade marks exist. "Debfox" would probably not have trade mark >problems, has no embedded spaces, signals the origin of thing and who >has named it, and is terse. "Dbfx" is more cryptic possible name, and >is very terse. > > > So how about 'firetux'? A penguin of fire is as unlikely as a fox of fire.
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