From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: Guix pronunciation Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:52:42 -0400 Message-ID: <20190312045242.GA4065@jasmine.lan> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:41822) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3ZSN-0006IR-6p for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:56:04 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3ZPD-0000MO-Av for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:52:48 -0400 Received: from out2-smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.26]:38669) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h3ZPD-0000Lj-4L for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2019 00:52:47 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: mikadoZero Cc: Guix-devel@gnu.org --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline On Sun, Mar 10, 2019 at 12:13:55PM -0400, mikadoZero wrote: > I think the confusion around the pronunciation of GIF would probably be > a worst case scenario. Non-techies rarely discuss JPEGs or PNGs, while GIFs are a cultural phenomenon. How to pronounce 'GIF'? Anyone can weigh in, and it doesn't require any technical knowledge. After 30 years, GIF has come to mean 'a brief moving image on a computer'. It's a tremendous success! A harmless controversy can be endearing :) I can't think of a single downside for GIF. On the other hand, I think the most important property of a name is that it does not change. Google indexes written words, not pronunciation. A long tail of articles and discussion of Guix is extremely valuable. --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAABCAAdFiEEsFFZSPHn08G5gDigJkb6MLrKfwgFAlyHOxoACgkQJkb6MLrK fwgkYBAAo+vt2ZYgHJtXhSgFmK6vYXo0zOBMYZ8c5MZfe+bq//E4/Q+l5GA/9RFU fX5KqvUaF50mXsHETmjSrTW3kVx4Wznn+Yz0xm6REFe9epHoEPhJGThl0PiyEdCR wdqXIzTCoyPpgLQPbeN6I4OkanK3IByJmCasFX1z6P8mwX3NEc31x9va9VIlRG0Q 407pwtNyfY2geROK2OyEJ3iNXJDgVn9MnS3SfZlMrYR7R7bNxQZtIUKHjfM7sGWN 9+fAoWQ+JmKaWQ/uSskz85PaRWCI0IZCCO/zNn1BSrBlJTVKMoE0gG3RuGUjDeJk V48WzhX2ig+/Z5j96O/y8FI6RkHbHrvqyJIjZBNV9EnPivOoIgfbV/NWpSnYeGYq /Z+J2cF5AgCGb2qJPAgRodEBfS7y0MIKmKC5UbsZj+Q+njGWH1g6wJaLYY4prQdm ofwmM3cArpd/e3iZZA3j0+XqRnPG25L4aXzYrwCB+6u+styIcYtQBv8VWfJ+dPcW 26LxQfOIYEDiBCkdgqd1YfzccKhHhu+/CUd/fpa/E5ymQTkk+2j+/0UYA9d1p2av mVGjlaawISakUnyhyFAssECjaLbtOKZLxLtINVLwl2osFu+NGGxffr4/qNfUwmZ3 40xnXLHXZEewFxeKQ/aR2BdBSBKzX794gfgR3xMF3q7piq7xnw8= =YDrz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --h31gzZEtNLTqOjlF--