Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 00:35:56 -0800 (PST) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Jimi Thompson <jimit@prodigy.net> Cc: chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: -current marcketting name? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211020033410.49952-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <001201c28244$a8c5af70$c1f23c04@swift>
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On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Jimi Thompson wrote: > Do you have a "theme" that's normally used? Like "fish" or "birds" or > anything? If not, I would suggest that a theme be chosen first. This will > alleviate this headache when it comes time for the next release. It will > also be the occasion of much guessing and even gambling on what the next one > in the series will be. > > I vote that we use world capitals. We can go with some of the more obscure > countries, at least in the beginning - like Cabon (It's in Africa and the > capital is Libreville) and that should provide several years worth of both > education and enlightenment, as well as names. Besides that, they are > unique. It's one list where you don't have to worry about duplicates. In > addition, you should be able to arrange for some small amount of publicity > from the "sponsoring" country. BSD has a short history of Nevada towns (as mentionned) but it'd be nice to have a name that implies competent innovation or something :) .. Edison, Tesla, Galileo, Newton.... I'd go for tesla for 5.0 myself :) > > Failing that, you may feel free to name it after me. I have 2 nephews, a > dog and hamster already named after me so you may as well join in the fun. > > My 2 cents, > > Ms. Jimi Thompson > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Julian Elischer" <julian@elischer.org> > To: <chat@freebsd.org> > Sent: Friday, November 01, 2002 2:02 PM > Subject: -current marcketting name? > > > > > > SO ok, we need a good marketting name for 5.0.. > > > > Off the top of my head FreeBSD 5.0 "banana" :-) > > slug, monkey, heffalump, peach, blender... :-) > > > > blackjack (It's a gamble) > > tahoe, reno amd vegas are gone, but "silver city" is up for grabs :-) > > > > > > p.s. while the names suggested are humourous I am very serious about > > needing some name upon which we can hang some hoopla. > > > > Jaguar.. uh rats... > > wolfpack, scout, vanguard.. > > I dunno.. > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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