[openbeos] Re: Christianing party
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 21:56:38 -0400
>First of all, I'd like to thank everyone involved with the OBOS replacement
>name project. It is a thankless job, and people can get very emotional over
>it. Considering the pressure you guys must have been under, I think you did
>manage to cut the list down to a very decent selection. Good work.
Thank you. You can only imagine. ;-)
>I admit that my first thoughts about the suggested names weren't nice. I
>was expecting a fantastic name to stand out above all others, something so
>amazing and great, something to end all conflict on earth, unify the galaxy,
>and bring everlasting joy and happiness to all life forms. After the
>initial disappointment, I began noticing that most of the names were
>actually pretty good. The names grow on you quickly. Give it time and they
>will be just as great as some other names.
When I announced the contest for suggestions, I was hoping for a name like
that, too.
I really was. I, as well, don't find anything earth shaking or outstanding of
any of these names.
But, then again, what product *NAME* has really blown your mind?
Let's look at some:
Pepsi - derived from pep, as in energy. Not phenominal
Coca-cola - derived from cocoa and/or cocaine and the cola nut
IBM - does it get more boring than this?
Apple - OK, whatever. They picked it because spj was a fruitarian and liked
them. Besides, it came before Atari in the phone book.
Apache - an American Indian tribe
Linux - combination of Linus and Unix.
I could go on and on, but really, the name, in and of itself, isn't all *that*
important - anything we choose, we start with a blank slate. It needs to get
associated positively with what we do. Short of BeOS or OpenBeOS, I can't think
of too many names that really give us a *positive* push. Many that give us a
negative "pull", but I really think that we have weeded those out, for the most
part...
>No matter which selection ends up winning, I say lets throw a party
>afterwards. A christianing party, so to speak (time to brush up on my
>GodFather quotes).
As much as I appreciate the sentiment, I want to save my next party for an R1
release party. Then I want to party like its 1999. Again. ;-)
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