need a name for the server we build from the XFree86 ddx?
Egbert Eich
release-wranglers@freedesktop.org
Tue, 2 Mar 2004 10:48:05 +0100
Stuart Kreitman writes:
> > I like Xing.
>
> But its not a next generation, not yet for this first release.
>
>
> uh, SIng? Sample Implementation Next Generation...
>
The problem with all these words is that they may have a meaning for
native English speaking people - and may even have a humorous background,
but to most others they are more or less meaningless and completely
unrelated to the product. For better global acceptance it's better
to use a name where we don't have to point people to a dictionary first.
To me Xing is rather meaningless - I have to admit.
>
> My preference for the binary is "Xorg" which is consistent with the current usage:
> "Xdec", "Xsun", "Xvfb", "Xprint", "Xnest", also, in a wierd linguistic sense:
>
> X(DEC) ==> Xdec
>
> X(SUN) ==> Xsun
>
> ... but then:
>
> X(XFree86) ==> XFree86
>
> X(XORG) ==> Xorg
>
Right.
The choice of the name XFree86 is a good example of what I have been
trying to explain: English speaking people immediatly understood
the homor involved in the name of the successor of X386.
However there have been non-native English speaking people who
had been on the project for years until they have finally understood
the little catch in there.
Egbert.