[openbeos] Re: creative design
- From: "Vandermark, Jason" <jvandermark@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:21:32 -0500
Andrew,
It's a running joke man, calm down...
-Jason
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Edward McCall [mailto:mccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:09 PM
To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [openbeos] Re: creative design
> > [snip]
> > Oh, and, of course, some of the names aren't available as URLs.
> > [snip]
>
> This one seems to be a rather needless stumbling block.
> Is there any *real* reason to avoid, say, Walter, if www.walter.com
> is taken? Suppose you were really in love with the name Walter.
> Wouldn't something like www.walteros.com, www.walter-os.com,
> walteroperatingsystem.com, etc. be acceptable?
>
> I'm not so sure that folks expect to simply type in
> www.obviousguess.com anymore and get the site they want.
>
> In fact, I'd suggest that most folks would just go to google or yahoo
> and
> search for "Walter". (Hence the rationale for choosing an easily web-
> searchable
> yet unique name.)
I have to say I freaking *hate* the idea of naming the OS Walter, to
such an extend that I would be embarrased to say I used an OS called
that.
In the UK, you call someone a "Walter" if they are a bit dumb, not
something that I think of when I use BeOS.
Thanks
Andrew Edward McCall
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