On 01/19/2006 02:10 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
Not confusing but not attractive either. For everybody who doesnt
understand the meaning behind the black diamond reference, it is still a
attractive name. If people miss out all the references to indicate that
its a test release with the announcements, anaconda etc they are really
being naive...
Well, do we really want to sound too attractive? Its effectively beta
quality software. People need to know that up front (before wasting
time downloading it). The people that don't mind beta test software
will get it. If we attract more than that, we run the risk of others
thinking that we suck because we're rough around the edges and then they
un-install it and never look back, spouting out curses directed our way
all the while. The Mozilla guys get around this by removing all
branding from the software until its a final release. We don't really
want to do that, I don't think...
If we really want to go the naming route, I'd spend more time figuring
out cool names for the final releases.