Re: GNOME -> Gnome

[Diego Escalante Urrelo <diegoe gnome org>]

El mar, 06-04-2010 a las 18:28 +0200, Dave Neary escribió:
> Hi Andre,
>
> Andre Klapper wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, den 06.04.2010, 08:08 -0500 schrieb Bharat Kapoor:
> > > At least now I know what GNOME is an acronym for :)
> > > The talk is about name or rename (if our mission is consistent with)
> > > GNU Network Object Model Environment
> >
> > Once again: GNOME WAS an acronym. GNOME is NOT anymore an acronym.
> > GNOME stands for GNOME nowadays. Only. That's all.
>
> Except, that's not a good answer.
>
> If that's the case, then GNOME can be Gnome or gnome or GnoMe or
> whatever. All caps implies acronym, and thus people will ask what it
> stands for. And if you answer "it doesn't stand for anything", the most
> likely answer is "that's stupid".

I don't agree. I usually use André's answer and people just find it
curious or funny. I haven't get negative feedback or reactions from
"GNOME is just GNOME, it was blah blah, but now it's just GNOME".

It's not an absolutist answer, just a simple one.