Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 22:29:40 -0500 (CDT) From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.org> To: supporters@lemis.com Cc: grog@lemis.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, supporters@nanyang-computer.com, random-gratuitousity@gnu.org Subject: Re: New name? Message-ID: <199804140329.WAA08162@detlev.UUCP> In-Reply-To: <199804130436.WAA07182@lariat.lariat.org> (message from Brett Glass on Sun, 12 Apr 1998 22:36:09 -0600) References: <199804130313.VAA06062@lariat.lariat.org> <199804130313.VAA06062@lariat.lariat.org> <199804130436.WAA07182@lariat.lariat.org>
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>> Other names that were mentioned are "BSD Gold" and "BSD 2000". > "Gold" would imply a premium product. Let's leave that one for > some enterprising soul who wants to do with the OS what Caldera > has done with Linux. > As for the "2000" bit: I'd be turned off by bad associations: > Berke Breathed's "Banana 2000" (Ptui! ;-), the Y2K problem, and > Microsoft's product nomenclature. Which makes me wonder (and sorry if this is a standard one that I've never seen outside of my shop): In two years, will we get Windows 0? Microsoft: Where the product names aren't even Y2K compliant. Cheers, joelh -- Joel Ray Holveck - joelh@gnu.org - http://www.wp.com/piquan Fourth law of programming: Anything that can go wrong wi sendmail: segmentation violation - core dumped To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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