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Written by atos38 the 14 Apr 08 at 07:29.
Category: Marketing.
Related to:
Nothing/Others.
Status: New
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Description
Change the african name “Ubuntu” to a different better name.
Give your proposition to a different, better, name to this system
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Auzy wrote on the 14 Apr 08 at 07:31
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Ubuntu, debian, mandrake, red hat, yellow dog, windows, Leopard..
The only reason you would do this is to improve google searches
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steve196 wrote on the 14 Apr 08 at 08:52
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It has become a quite widely known trademark. So changing it now would not be smart.
But i have some fear, that the term "Ubuntu" cheapens down by becoming primarily a term for pieces of software and software philosophy and software "ethics" instead of what it actually means.
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dino99 wrote on the 14 Apr 08 at 09:31
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hey atos38, are you a billionaire ?
In case, please talk to Canonical !!!
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shaft350x wrote on the 14 Apr 08 at 15:53
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Proposing to change it, indicates the person has no idea what it means and why it is relevant. It isn't just because it "sounds neat" or a conglomeration of words, it matches the ethos of open-source.
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freex wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 07:08
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Yes, very good idea:
kubuntu became ubuntu
xubuntu became ubuntu
edubuntu became ubuntu
...ubuntu became ubuntu
maybe ubuntu became ubuntulinux
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thagoat wrote on the 15 Apr 08 at 13:14
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Sure and while we're at it, why don't we ask change the name Earth to La La Lucy? That sounds nice and pretty and EVERYBODY already knows that name!
Great idea >=/
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atos38 wrote on the 16 Apr 08 at 10:54
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I would rather call it "Lucy" than african name.
I have nothing against ethos of open-source but why does it have to be african?
What’s African contribution to this system?
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atos38 wrote on the 16 Apr 08 at 10:56
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I would rather call it "Lucy" than african name.
I have nothing against ethos of open-source but why does it have to be african?
What’s African contribution to development of this system?
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thagoat wrote on the 16 Apr 08 at 14:15
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They didn't choose to name the distribution after who made the most contributions to the build or developement. They chose the word ubuntu for the ideology behind it. please check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_%28philosophy%29 to read more about the philosophy behind the word ubuntu.
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revzoe wrote on the 18 Apr 08 at 06:53
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African contribution is:
1) The word exactly means the philosophy and goal of this distribution.
2) Where the money behind Cononical, as well as the idea for this distribution, came from.
The very suggestion to change the name "because it is african" shows a deep lack of understanding what the core ethos of Ubuntu is.
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atos38 wrote on the 18 Apr 08 at 09:15
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Some people do not care for ethos.
They just want stable, secure, fast and user friendly system.
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joshedmonds wrote on the 30 Apr 08 at 05:56
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People who 'just want a stable, secure, fast and user friendly system' do not care about the name.
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atos38 wrote on the 3 May 08 at 08:16
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Not necessarily.
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bhuvi wrote on the 18 May 08 at 13:10
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contribute your idea towards development of ubuntu and not to its name
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