On the subject of naming the Dapper successor

[Craige McWhirter]

On Tue, 2006-02-14 at 13:27 +0000, John Pinner wrote:

> They go on what gives them 'a warm feeling' of confidence and they won't 
> take names like 'Breezy Badger' or 'Hoary Hedgehog' seriously. Just try 
> standing up in front of a bunch of suits and selling a product with a name 
> like that.

1. Why would you try getting up and selling what you felt your audience
would see as silly named products? It's not hard to use Ubuntu 5.10 or
Ubuntu 6.04 for any sales pitch or presentation. Pitch them in a way
that you feel comfortable with, tailored to your audience.

Selling outside the floss world, that strategy works for me.

2. You underestimate "suits". Cute names and a sense of humour are a
breath of fresh air in a stuffy world. It's up to you to make
appropriate use of it.

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Cheers,
      Craige.