From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice Subject: Re: Guix pronunciation Date: Sun, 10 Mar 2019 18:20:28 +0100 Message-ID: <87r2behcir.fsf@nckx> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59137) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h327l-0000Lq-QX for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:20:34 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h327k-0007dt-3i for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:20:32 -0400 Received: from tobias.gr ([2001:470:7405::1]:52900) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1h327j-0007cV-Q4 for Guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Mar 2019 13:20:32 -0400 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 Hullo! Now I personally think =E2=80=98Guix=E2=80=99 looks and sounds good (not fi= ne),=20 and our logo is positively stunning, and damn professional too.=20 If that makes me biased, so be it ;-) mikadoZero wrote: > I also wanted to know what people think about the "geeks" > pronunciation and how it may impact adoption of Guix as it=20 > continues > to grow long term. Maybe someday becoming as popular as Debian, > macOS or Windows are today (wishful thinking). For example what=20 > if > Linux kernel had actually been called Freax. [=E2=80=A6] Would it have > negatively impacted adoption of the kernel. I really don't think so. =E2=80=98Linux=E2=80=99 is the fellow's name with= an X=20 on the end. It's as much of a anti-marketing joke as =E2=80=98Freax=E2=80= =99 was=20 (or GNU or Guix for that matter). The only reason it seems more=20 familiar is because, well, it is. And (honest question): do we even care? Such a stupid reason to=20 shoot yourself in the foot with an inferior package manager. > Yes Freax and "geeks" [and =E2=80=9CLinux=E2=80=9D] > are fun. On the other hand branding is important. You wrote this as a contradiction but I don't see one. The world's most valuable and evil company was once called=20 =E2=80=98Google=E2=80=99. Koooky! > Just to make my bias clear. I am not a fan of pronouncing Guix > "geeks" and find myself thinking of deliberately mispronouncing > Guix as "gwixs" or spelling out the letters G U I X when talking > to people about Guix. That's really unfortunate. Kind regards, T G-R GUIX=C2=AE is a trademark of Express Logic, Inc. All other brands or=20 product names are the property of their respective holders.