On 8/12/2012 12:11 AM, jdow wrote:
On 2012/08/11 18:09, David wrote:
> On 8/11/2012 8:27 PM, Charlie Kravetz wrote:
>> On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 19:47:47 -0400
>> David <dgboles(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On 8/11/2012 7:16 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>>>> On 08/11/2012 04:20 PM, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>>>> On 08/11/2012 12:41 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>>>>>> As far as I can see, there's no imminent harm to giving a
new
>>>>>> release of
>>>>>> an OS a name, if anything it gives it an identity, something to
>>>>>> associate it with, such as when two developers are talking and
>>>>>> one says
>>>>>> have you seen the splash screens for "Verne"?....with
the two of
>>>>>> them
>>>>>> BOTH knowing what Fedora 16's "name" is. If someone
doesn't think
>>>>>> an OS
>>>>>> release shouldn't' be named they can just ignore the name
and go
>>>>>> ahead
>>>>>> and call it by whatever makes them happy! Remember Linux is all
>>>>>> about
>>>>>> "Freedom Of Choice"...whatever you choose to do,
(within bounds of
>>>>>> course!) is fine!
>>>>>
>>>>> I have no problems, personally, in naming releases. I'm sure
it's
>>>>> much easier for the devs to refer to them by name, especially in
>>>>> conversation. And, for some distros, such as Ubuntu, the userbase
>>>>> tends to use the names, not release number, making the names even
>>>>> more
>>>>> important. My objection to the name for F17 is that it sounds
>>>>> immature, rather as though it had been picked by a thirteen-year-old
>>>>> boy suffering from testosterone overload for the first time. Yes, I
>>>>> understand that it was picked to honor the memory of a well-liked
>>>>> Fedora developer, but that's what it looks like to me.
>>>>>
>>>>> Names can be a good thing, but an ill-chosen one can be a PR
>>>>> nightmare. I think that the only reason we've not had trouble
over
>>>>> Beefy Miracle is the fact that most people who know anything about
>>>>> Fedora tend to ignore the names and those who don't mostly know
>>>>> why it
>>>>> got the name. This time, we got lucky and didn't end up with a
metric
>>>>> butload of bad publicity. In the future, I think that some of the
>>>>> more mature devs might want to take a little time to make sure
>>>>> that we
>>>>> use a little common sense and avoid such names.
>>>>>
>>>>> YMMV, and if it does, please remember that the above is only my
>>>>> opinion and you're free to ignore it if you want.
>>>> No worries Joe! I feel that we can *all *contribute something to this
>>>> great project known as Fedora, so even YOUR opinion counts!...As for
>>>> myself....I'd like to see the names go in a more "Start Trek /
Star
>>>> Wars
>>>> / Battlestar Galactica" direction myself......but hey....here's
to
>>>> hoping!...
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't give a damn what the devs use for names as long as they are
>>> *not* like Ubuntu. Constipated Chicken. Four legged Duck. Soon to be
>>> dieing fish. Three legged dog. Etc.
>>>
>>> I see the Ubuntu users actually using those names. I have "Constipated
>>> Chicken" installed and CD won't burn!!! Really? You expect a Linux
>>> install named "Constipated Chicken" to burn a CD/DVD!!
<sigh>
>>>
>>> OHG guys. Neat names or cute names but not stupid, embarrassing names.
>>
>> I think that depends on your own definitions. I do not find Beefy
>> Miracle neat or cute IMHO.
>>
>
> Bluntly? No insult meant to the devs? Or whomever picked that name.
>
> "Beefy Miracle", IMHO, is the name of the well endowed male actor in a
> cheap porno video.
+1
But I'm an old woman and who cares what old women think?
{^_^}
There are no 'old women'. Just women with experience in life. And who
cares? Me for one. A women with experience makes for a much more
interesting date than a 'air head'.
--
David