Linux Becomes Female 4593
They aren't feminine names. I suppose "SuSE" might be an attempt at a play on words with the (near) feminine names derived from "susan", but Fedora is the name of a MASCULINE hat (see the icon), and MANdriva begins with MAN (derived from MANDRAKE and, uh, something).
It's a non-question, given that it asks WHY of X, when X is neither proven, likely, nor has any supporting evidence. Try asking IF instead. "Is Fedora a feminine name", for example. The answer is "no". Keep going like that. When you have enough data to form a conjecture with, then posit the conjecture. If the conjecture is supported, look for evidence for WHY or WHY NOT.
That's called being scientific and analytic. What you are doing is simply called being annoying, or "biased".
Really? Pray tell.
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 10:04:15 +0100, Roy Schestowitz That's not the issue. Revenue doesn't equal quality, with films it matters, with OSS it doesn't. Producing a high quality film that plants at the box...
What? Why? What's wrong with FireFox? Or Thunderbird? Or Mozilla? Or GIMP? They have no negative connotations that I know of in English. Maybe you are confusing "gimp" with "wimp"?
On Saturday 27 August 2005 08:40, Peter T. Breuer wrote : Before I defend my arguments, let me just clarify that I am a GNU-Linux enthusiast and this is no flamebait. Yes, I...
Pub? A longhorn is a range cow, surely! As such it has connotations of the wild west. Pub! Indeed!
Ahhhh. You come to a point - you don't think these names are "professional". What is unprofessional about them? Can't professional ranchers stock longhorn cattle? Is Firefox or Thunderbird not an appropriate name for your car? I thought it was rather nice.
Peter
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