KDE Programs Naming Convention

[Norberto Bensa]

Quoting WANSTALL Malcolm <malcolm.wanstall at cnh.com>:

> Win* products (whilst in the VAST minority of Windows programs) do _not_
> encourage the intentional and trite misspelling of words...

What misspelling?

Konqueror for Conqueror? Kontact for Contact? You know KDE was born in  
Germany and people there actually speak German, don't you? :)

Would you had a problem if it was named Kcontact? Kconqueror?

What does winamp mean? What does it do?

Microsoft Word. It doesn't mean anything to me. Because guess what: I  
speak SPANISH! Would Microsoft rename it Microsoft Palabra? And while  
we are at it. What does Microsoft Word do? Is it a spellchecker?

On the other hand. OpenOffice Calc is named OpenOffice Planilla de  
Cálculo if you install language-pack-es and it is a big plus for us  
non-us/gb people ;)

Don't let potential users use Linux on their own. Guide them. Show  
them. Tell them Linux is different. It does has all the things they  
need but they're just named different. Don't leave them alone...

And just one more thing. The real problem is: most people think a  
computer is Windows. It won't change. Never.


> Being involved with an international company juggling over 40 brands I
> know how important names are to the adoption of products sight unseen
> and as a Linux and open source fan I hate to see our products sold
> short. It's a part of Linux where I see massive potential and a simple
> way to reach more people.

Then you know how many greens are involved in branding and marketing.  
And remember: not everyone speaks English... So what should be meanful  
to you, it's not to the other 6 billions people out there...


Regards,
Norberto


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