Re: [tdf-discuss] New name

 Le 2010-10-05 02:49, Simo Kaupinmäki a écrit :
> paul.hermeneutic wrote:
> > There will be few problems understanding "LibreOffice."  It is likely
> > to be more universally understood than "OpenOffice."
>
> For Romance languages that may be true, but I'm not so sure about the 
> rest of the world. Even on this mailing list I've already seen 
> LibreOffice spelled as "LibraOffice", "LiberOffice" and 
> "LiberteOffice", so the name does not seem too easy to adopt 
> internationally. (Not to mention that on some Finnish discussion 
> forums it was immediately nicknamed "Libresse" after an international 
> brand of feminine hygiene products, which also happens to have a 
> seagull attached to its logo. But of course puns could get inspired by 
> any name.)
>
> I agree that the reference to liberty is an appealing idea from a 
> semantic and philosophical point of view, but like a few others here, 
> I'm not quite convinced that the new name will be optimal for actually 
> marketing the product. It would be interesting to hear more details 
> about the other options that were discussed, and why exactly they were 
> rejected. For example, were there any serious alternatives that could 
> have been abbreviated as OO (with just two Os, as opposed to OOo)?
>
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So far, if you read most threads on this, you will find the most are 
adopting the LibO as the acronym. It is catchy, cute and fluffy! LOL

Seriously, it is cute, catchy and fluffy! It looks like it will be 
adopted by everyone just be the sheer fact of usage or common practice.

LibO (a.k.a LibreOffice)

Marc
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