Re: [tdf-discuss] [GENERAL] New name

[Michèle Garoche <migatine@gmail.com>]

On 3 oct. 10, at 11:44, Marc Paré wrote:

> Le 2010-10-03 05:39, Michèle Garoche a écrit :
> > On 3 oct. 10, at 10:28, Marc Paré wrote:
> >
> > > > And there you have the problem: You have to explain it. Good
> > > > marketing requires that you engage with customers' existing
> > > > understanding and expectations. "Well, you see, the name come
> > > > from..." "Yeah, forget it."
> > > >
> > > > > The name should not matter, what matters is that users of
> > > > > OpenSource/Free S
> > > > > oftware folks have an office suite that is not tied up to a single
> >
> > > > > company
> > > > > or entity that will control the code.
> > > > >
> > > > > Antonio
> > > >
> > > > Again, exactly correct: the name _should_ not matter. Unfortunately
> >
> > > > names _do_ matter. Bad names do and have sunk good projects, whilst
> >
> > > > good names have successfully sold bad projects.
> > > Hi Ron:
> > >
> > > Actually, I think that you will find that most latin-based languages
> >
> > > will have not problems with the significance or pronunciation of the
> >
> > > word "Libre". If you then take into account people who have studied
> >
> > > a second latin-base language, they would have studied the word
> > > "libre" as part of their core vocabulary list. I am not sure of the
> >
> > > other language base pronunciation of "libre". I think is this is the
> >
> > > real issue that you are raising, the pronunciation. However, I don't
> >
> > > believe it to be such a large problem. Yes, if you count the number
> >
> > > of people who would need to hear an example of the accepted
> > > pronunciation of "LibreOffice" (as pointed out in one of the
> > > responses, the French version would approach more of the phonetic

> > > version of "leebrohfece" (for English speaking people), the numbers
> >
> > > could be considered high. But in the context of people having enough
> >
> > > cultural knowledge to pronounce the word without any coaching is
> > > probably quite extensive by comparison.
> > >
> > > So, I agree with one of the responders who suggested that we could

> > > perhaps post a "sound" file (let's keep it as an OSS format) on the
> >
> > > main Mageia page, in both male/female versions (hey, let's get a
> > > younger boy/girl version too!), of the accepted pronunciation of the
> >
> > > LibreOffice suite. We can all remember the "Linux" pronunciation
> > > arguments, and in the end, the father of Linux decreed: "Pronounce

> > > it like you want!" It is just great that you can advocate its use to
> >
> > > anyone who is willing to listen, regardless of the pronunciation.
> > In French that sounds like that:
> > (m4a)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Michèle
> Désolé Michèle:
>
> The ML does not permit attachments. Perhaps if it were posted in a
> site?
Here you are:
http://micmacfr.homeunix.org/openoffice/index.shtml.shtml
http://micmacfr.homeunix.org/openoffice/index.shtml.en
http://micmacfr.homeunix.org/openoffice/index.shtml.fr

Michèle
> Merci
>
> Marc
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