Well this is according to me a good example of how a name should be suggested. There's a name, there are some guidelines which can be deducted from it like the tunes, retro style, which can have it's effect on the icons, colorscheme etc... Plus it clearly says something about what OBOS or BeOS is, a platform for music (in a broader sense multimedia), inventive, virtuoso... etc. If other people can post there suggestions like this we can come up with a usable list. However I still think we should also put up a list with things that shouldn't not be used and one with words that would describe our new OS or that describe the image we like to present to potential users. example: names we should avoid to use: -aggressive expressions -words ending in OS -words that can be interpreted as negative -too geeky words -long words -names consisting of more than one word ... The new OS can be described as: -innovative -fast -friendly -virtuoso -performant -stable ... We don't need the community to suggest names, but I agree with Jace they can help with the decisionprocess once WE have a manageable list, by simply voting. This doesn't put the selection process into the hands of 10000 people only the final vote. regards, Kristof ---- Rob Jones <senojbor@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Here is a suggestion for using the word "Be" that > might defeat even the most desperate of legal > departments. > > "BeBop" - after the development in Jazz music of the > late 1940s. We could use Charlie Parker and Dizzy > Gillespie tunes in the advertizing. Perhaps a "Zoot" > suited character as an emblem? Lots of "retro" > stylistic possibilities. > > And the music was inventive, innovative, ground > breaking, with an emphasis on virtuoso performance. > > Well, maybe. > > ===== > regards > Rob > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/