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cokehabit
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 Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:50 pm Post subject: Mandrake name change |
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Just got this through the post....
| Quote: | From: Mandrakesoft Team <return@mandrakesoft.com>
To: cokehabitXXXXXXXXXX
Subject: Flash: Mandrakesoft becomes "Mandriva"!
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2005 17:41:01 +0200 (CEST) (15:41 GMT)
Flash Newsletter: Mandrakesoft Announces Name Change!
It's been in the air for a few weeks...
After spending weeks balancing pros and cons, Mandrakesoft has decided
to change its name!
The name change will apply worldwide to both the company and its
products. The management team sees two good reasons for this change:
1. The recent Mandrakesoft - Conectiva merger calls for a new identity
that better represents the combination of two key companies and
their global presence.
2. The long-winding trademark lawsuit with Hearst Corporation has
reached a point where we decided it is more reasonable for us to
move forward. By adopting a new name, we eliminate the liability
attached to the Mandrakesoft name and we can focus on what is
important to us: developing and delivering great technology and
solutions to both our customers and our user community.
We will endeavor to build even stronger brand recognition in our new
name. So what is the new name?
The winner is ...
M A N D R I V A
Why Mandriva? This new name, simple and efficient, is the synthesis of
Mandrakesoft and Conectiva. This will further a smooth transition and
will build on our existing brand recognition in the IT world. |
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rutski89
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:54 pm Post subject: |
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Pople shouldn't try to make things sound cool. "Mandrake" was better.
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Kensai
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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Mandrake sounds better. I just don't get used to Mandriva. Anyways why should I care about something that is not gentoo.
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Trevoke
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Trevoke
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:56 pm Post subject: |
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| Kensai wrote: | | Mandrake sounds better. I just don't get used to Mandriva. Anyways why should I care about something that is not gentoo. |
Because ignorance kills.
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kimchi_sg
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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This name change is bad. 
Why can't they just keep the Mandrake name like SuSE did with theirs?
Fsck whatever lawsuits they have on their hands...
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AngusYoung
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kimchi_sg
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 3:59 pm Post subject: |
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| AngusYoung wrote: | | Hm ... could be better. Mandriva sounds a bit strange in Portuguese. |
Really? What does it mean? 
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kimchi_sg
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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IMO, "Mandiva" without the "r" would have sounded nicer. 
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Syntaxis
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:08 pm Post subject: |
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| kimchi_sg wrote: | | Why can't they just keep the Mandrake name like SuSE did with theirs? |
Not a great example, since Novell did muck about with the name when they acquired the distro. What was known as SuSE is now SUSE LINUX.
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andrewd18
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cokehabit
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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| Mandivia sounds like someone saying Nvidia whilst drunk |
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Verted
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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The new name is terrible. Though i'm not especially bothered.... I've never used Mandrake (or whatever the hell they're calling it), and I dont intend to. Gentoo and other distro's would have take one hell of a turn for the worse for me to want to.
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seank
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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| I couldn't care less. What a dumb fucking topic. |
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pjp
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:35 pm Post subject: |
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| It sucks (but so did Mandrake IMO), but I bet they didn't spend lots of money on a focus group, such as Tourion or Celeron. |
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cokehabit
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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| sean_micken wrote: | | I couldn't care less. What a dumb fucking topic. |
what more dumb, the topic or commenting in it |
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cokehabit
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 6:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I know lots of people wont care but mandrake is a users idel 1st distro, its so easy to use. When judged in the light at which it is supposed to judged, there is no better than mandrake |
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CitizenX
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:14 pm Post subject: |
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| I would have gone with Mandingo. |
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krolden
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| Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2005 7:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Mandrake sounded much better IMO. |
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Naughtyus
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| Nobody will care in a few months. People generally dislike name changes at first. Soon you will all think Mandriva is normal and stop caring. |
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TerminalAddict
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:10 am Post subject: |
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I think the new sucks.
especially sinc I own the domain mandrakeusers.org  |
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dresb
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 2:34 am Post subject: |
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| They shuld have called it David Copperfield. |
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dirtyepic
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:00 am Post subject: |
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is that man-DRIVE-a or man-DREEV-a?
or MAN-driva..
yeah it sucks.
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kimchi_sg
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2005 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| dirtyepic wrote: | is that man-DRIVE-a or man-DREEV-a?
or MAN-driva.. |
Pronounced quickly it tends to become man-DI-va (or man-DEE-va ).
And that's how most people will pronounce it, IMO.
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