[Karmic] Heads up

[Derek Broughton]

Amedee Van Gasse (Ubuntu) wrote:

> On Thu, September 24, 2009 06:43, Andrew Farris wrote:
>> On Wed, 2009-09-23 at 20:50 -0700, NoOp wrote:
>>>
>>> 3. Applications|Add/Remove has been replaced by "Ubuntu Software
>>> Store".
>>
>> I think it's kinda inappropriate to call it a 'software store' since
>> you're not actually buying anything... It could give the wrong
>> impression to new users that have constantly been told that they dont
>> have to pay for anything, ubuntu is free, etc... they they log in, and
>> see this 'software store' thing and think oh look...theres the catch...
> 
> A store is only a place where you can buy things in North America.
> Everywhere else in the world a store is a place to store things.
> Synonyms: storehouse, warehouse, storage, depot.
> Compare with the French magasin (originally from Arabic via Italian),
> which means warehouse, but also means shop.
> 
> So actually software store is very appropriate for a non-native speaker
> like me. English is only my third language, after Dutch and French.
> I particulary like the dual meaning of warehouse/shop.

Actually, no.  Most of the objections to the use of the word "store" came 
from the non-English speakers on the -devel list, largely because they were 
getting the sense of "shop" rather than "storehouse".  I like "depot" 
better, but it's still more complicated than "add/remove applications".
-- 
derek