[Setup-tool-hackers] Re: [HC Marketing] Do we have the green lighton "Ximian SystemTools" ?

[Nat Friedman <nat ximian com>]

There is a good reason for leaving the decision till later.  Ximian
System Tools is no better than Ximian Setup Tools.  And both names are
of low quality.  This is not a personal affront - I am the guilty
party on the "Setup Tools" name.

Nat

Chema Celorio <chema@ximian.com> writes:

> Miguel de Icaza wrote:
> > 
> > I personally would like to avoid changing names every week, and as
> > Kathryn points out, we can very well change the name at release time.
> 
> I would rather change the name now or not change it at all.
> 
> In propietary software it is common to change the name before the
> release
> since there is no end-user interaction while the project is in
> development.
> However in free software you start building you user base as you develop
> the
> product.
> 
> The original name proposal change was trigered when we discovered that
> the word "setup" was confusing. First Nat brought the issue up. Then
> during
> LWE it was very clear that "setup" was thought as something you use once
> you install your system and not have to do again. Most of the
> installation
> programs for Windows apps are called setup.exe. Some of the people that
> aproached us during LWE thought that Setup tools was our installer,
> others
> thought it was the equivalent of a distro installation program, the one
> you only run once when you install Linux.
> 
> I don't see any benefit of leving the desition for later.
> I don't think we would consider renaming evolution before 1.0.
> 
> regards,
> Chema
> 
> 
> > So lets just keep the current name.
> > 
> > Miguel.
> > 
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