Re: [Gimp-developer] Gimp in private schools and educational institutions

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

The name is a blocker in some US schools with teachers or student 
parents that over-sensitive (and somewhat dirty-minded, since "gimp" has 
other meanings in English).

By the way, one of the most popular Web server software is called 
Apache. In French, it is also slang for a street robber and any person 
of ill repute. Doesn't make it any less popular with corporate IT.

On 28/04/15 07:03, Sam Bagot wrote:
> Renames have worked in the past as I see it and for the most part, as I'm
> sure you've heard people consider before, a product named gimp can't
> succeed against a product named professionally like PhotoShop.  So you
>
> [...]
> I could certainly find people in the professional world to talk about it if
> a name change was in consideration.  What about GIM and pronounce it as
> gem?  Why not just drop the P and it would be fine.  It would be explosive
> and people could use it.  It would start to have young adopters and brand
> loyalty.  Don't you want to have all your hard work go into a successful
> product?
>
>
> Best,
> Sam