> Then why are 'Linux' and 'Clang' in the good pile?
"Linux" is an obvious play on "Unix" to those familiar with the field.
I'll grant that "Clang" is a bit of a stretch but it is easy to remember upon understanding "C lang(uage)."
"Libre Office" works better in some languages than others but the fact is that "Open Office" (another good name) was already taken.
I understand the whole Google/Search branding argument but again that is largely a function of marketing and Free Software doesn't have enough of that. We have to have good naming.
I'm much less concerned about naming components like "Clang" than I am with user-visible tool names. Some of my own projects have terrible names but at least they're libraries. :)
Posted Aug 14, 2012 5:38 UTC (Tue) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
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I don't know. The first time I've seen it in my packages I've actually started to type 'reoffice' in Google search to find out what is it before I dawned on me that it's LibreOffice, not lib-reoffice.
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Posted Aug 29, 2012 13:06 UTC (Wed) by philomath (guest, #84172)
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