Re: [Gimp-user] OT: Was: Gimp name-picking

[Ofnuts <ofnuts laposte net>]

On 12/29/2011 05:29 PM, peter kostov wrote:
> > > +1
> >
> > My +1 also,
> >
> > and above is "just another reason" *not* to use html on an email list,
> > PLEASE.
>
> +1 to leave it alone.
>
> And guys, please try to think of the names in English like a person 
> that doesn't speak English natively. I am sure many of you will 
> realize how stupid and funny they sound. Every day I encounter new and 
> new examples of this. I don't understand how you English speaking 
> people perceive these names, but what the hell is "Adobe Photoshop"?! 
> A shop for photographic stuff made of adobe?! Down the corner?! 
> Stupid, yes? And funny.
>
> So leave it alone. Somebody who feels his/her ego hurt by a software 
> name should think that in some other language the same name maybe 
> sounds totally different, should we inspect each end every language to 
> find a neutral name? And should we let our ego be influenced by such 
> things - no.
+1. Non-native English speakers are the majority of Gimp users. The top 
country for the Gimp-win installers on Sourceforge is.... Russia (25% of 
downloads);  in the top 30 countries, there are 20 millions downloads 
from countries where English isn't the main language of people, and 5 
millions from English-speaking countries (US/UK/OZ). The case of India 
(240K downloads) can be debated since English is one of its official 
languages, but IRL I deal with many people from there (outsourcing)  and 
they know very little slang.