KDE Programs Naming Convention

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Mon Jan 14 10:39:45 UTC 2008


On 14/01/2008, Donn <donn.ingle at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I suspect that was because Electrolux initially was Swedish and us guys
> > in those days did not really have the understanding of what you might
> > call "slang" or "deep" English.
> I still recall seeing the ads in cinemas, before the movie; a deep red carpet
> with dirt on it. The vacuum passes across and HUGE letters, and exuberant
> voice-over, declared the tag line. The entire cinema was in uncontrolled
> laughter. It was classic :D

And you remember it. THAT'S good advertising. They might not have been
as naive as you think. How about "KDE: The desktop that sucks!"

Dotan Cohen

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