Re: GNOME vs. Gnome

[Aaron Weber <aaron helixcode com>]

Liam:
  I'm CC'ing this message to the Docs project as well.  I agree with
you.  GNOME is, while "correct," ugly, harder to read and harder to
type.  And the GNU Network Object Model Environment is really a
misnomer.  Our network object model stuff is ORBit and Bonobo; not GNOME
would have been better named GDE, if we wanted a "correct" acronym.

As is the case with other discussions, most of the arguments are
relatively unimportant.  Far more important is that we agree upon one
and stick to it (cf. the "email, Email, e-mail, E-mail" thread on
Gnome-Docs-List awhile back.)

So, who wants s/GNOME/Gnome/, and who wants to s/Gnome/GNOME/?

Aaron.

Liam Quin wrote:
> 
> There are no rules that work in all cultures for abbreviations.
> 
> Words in all caps are typographically ugly in print, and are
> less likely to be recognised and remembered than mixed case or
> lower case worlds [1].
> 
> UNIX was written as Unix sometimes and UNIX sometimes, until troff
> was available, and then they used an upper case U and smallcaps for
> the NIX, "because they could" [2].  I would suggest using "Gnome" as
> a name, and those that know its etymology can smile and nod.
> 
> Lee / Ankh
> 
> [1] - The Australian researcher Colin Wheildon has summaraised this
>       research in a book I lent to somone!
> 
> [2] - private mail with Brian Kernighan and Mark Brader, as I recall;
>       I could probably dig it up if anyone really cares, it'll be on
>       a backup tape from 1996 or so :-)
> 
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> Co-author, The XML Specification Guide, Wiley, 1999