MOTU Meeting reminder

[Caroline Ford]

On 11/04/2008, Scott Kitterman <ubuntu at kitterman.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:31:22 +0200 Daniel Holbach
>  <daniel.holbach at ubuntu.com> wrote:
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>  >Scott Kitterman schrieb:
>  >> Use, nomenclature, and requirements for the Universe Hackers (Ubuntu
>  >> Contributing Developers) team
>  >>
>  >> Please make the name something that I can sit in a business meeting and
>  say to
>  >> someone, "Oh, well if you want to do that, you have to join the ________
>  team
>  >> and ...".
>  >
>  >I agree to the extent that it shouldn't be completely ridiculous, on the
>  >other hand, let's not loose our good humour in the free software world...
>  >
>  >We have countless examples of funny names that cause raise eyebrows
>  >among people not intimately familiar with the world we live in:
>  >
>  > - libbonobo? libsexy? liboobs?
>  > - GNOME, GNU?
>  > - Ubuntu ("are you sure you didn't forget a 'U' in the spelling?")
>  > - "Seed Management"? MoM and DaD?
>  >
>  >and last but not least
>  >
>  > - MOTU ("Really? Masters of the Universe?")
>  >
>
> Agreed, but please no monkeys.
>
>  Scott K

I'm told MOTU is obscene in Hindi and Punjabi ;)

Caroline