Mad Penguin review

Ummm.... all this angst about the development nickname stemming from an
article in "The Mad Penguin Review"?
I suppose we should concede them some expertise in inflelicitous naming.

On 10/26/05, David M <lists2006 at viewport.ukfsn.org> wrote:
>
> Shot - Piotr Szotkowski wrote in gmane.linux.ubuntu.sounder
> about: Re: Mad Penguin review
>
> > David M:
> >
> >> I get the impression that quite a few people do find
> >> the current naming scheme quite seriously embarrassing,
> >
> > There was a poll[1] about it on the Fridge.
> >
> ><soapbox>
> > First we lost the best official backgrounds and login screen anyone
> > ever shipped,
>
> I was saddened by that as well, but it is a fact that if a distro is
> looking
> for worldwide adoption it needs to be slightly cautious with regards to
> different levels of cultural acceptability. It was a question of broader
> acceptability versus broader minds.. <ducks to avoid flamewar> ;-)
>
>
> > now we're going to lose another nice micro-feature because
> > somebody somewhere feels offended/embarassed/whatever.
>
> See my previous post: I've got nothing against imaginative release
> names, just as long as they don't sound too childish.. It's a question
> of finding "balance", again.
>
>
> > If Ubuntu wanted to please the easily offended/corporate/white-collars,
> > the first thing it should change is the name itself.
>
> I think the name, and what it means, is excellent, and I can't see how
> anybody can be offended by the name. Puzzled, perhaps, but not offended.
>
>
>
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