Kier <vallon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:38:03 -0700, NoStop wrote:
>
>> Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>>
>>> On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 14:54:44 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> ChangeLog: Gaim changes name to Pidgin, 2.0 release finally approaches
>>>>
>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>| According to the post, a Pidgin 2.0 final release should be
>>>>| available sometime in the next week.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/04/08/000218&from=rss
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> First Pidgin screenshot
>>>>
>>>> http://bomahy.nl/hylke/blog/?p=25
>>>
>>> Worst name. Ever.
>>
>> Not as bad as "Outlook Express".
>>
>
> Outlook Express is just dull. Pidgin is kind of odd, and personally I
> can't see much of a reason tpo change a perfect good name, but I don't
> think it's *bad*. I've always liked the slightly offbeat names of Linux
> apps.
>
I agree - there was nothing wrong with the original name. Worse, I
actually agree with our Microsoft Shill, Erik, here. Pidgin has a poor
history, originally spoken between British and Chinese traders because
the Chinese saw English as a barbarian language, and although later that
view changed as pidgin itself was seen as humiliating, so Chinese or
English became preferred. Either way, it is a poor choice.
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