From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: instead of gnus-cloud.el
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 09:06:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1bNJs2-0007Ym-I1@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878tx77yyf.fsf@lifelogs.com> (message from Ted Zlatanov on Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:44:40 -0400)
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> If "cloud" is really unacceptable, this replaces gnus-sync.el so maybe
> it could take that name. But I would rather explain the joke in the
> commentary.
That joke might be funny, if it were presented clearly enough that
people could get it.
But please don't put the joke in the file name. Most people who see
the file name won't know it is a joke. With them, it will really encourage
the harmful "cloud" meme.
The name of something generally has more PR effect than the substance.
If the effect of the name is bad, it is impossible for the substance
to cancel that out. So always use a name that doesn't have a bad PR
effect.
The joke can be presented in another way.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-07-13 13:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-07-11 15:05 bug#23945: 25.1.50; Request for review: Gnus Cloud work in scratch/gnus-cloud Teodor Zlatanov
2016-07-12 5:10 ` instead of gnus-cloud.el Richard Stallman
2016-07-12 7:44 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2016-07-13 13:04 ` Richard Stallman
2016-07-13 13:52 ` Stefan Monnier
2016-07-12 13:44 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-07-12 15:50 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2016-07-13 14:32 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-07-13 13:06 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2016-07-13 14:20 ` bug#23945: 25.1.50; Request for review: Gnus Cloud work in scratch/gnus-cloud Ted Zlatanov
2016-07-18 14:08 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-07-18 23:18 ` npostavs
2016-07-19 14:50 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-07-19 20:15 ` Ted Zlatanov
2016-07-20 1:36 ` Noam Postavsky
2016-07-20 12:55 ` Ted Zlatanov
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