[BLUG] Compiz Fusion

[Joe Auty]

Mark Krenz wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 05:29:54PM GMT, Joe Auty [joe_at_netmusician.org] said the following:
>> This is cool with me, I'm more of an engineer so this is no slight, but
>> all of these forks, name changes, etc. must be a marketing nightmare.
>> Could you imagine trying to push a product on the masses in this fashion?
>>
> 
>   Forks are one thing. They happen when development teams split up.
> Name changes are another.  At least when the project is popular, name
> changes are usually because of trademark reasons.  Its a major annoyance
> in the open source world, but I guess its something we'll have to deal
> with. Some that come to mind that happened because of this are:
> 
>    x11amp   -> XMMS
>    Sawmill  -> Sawfish
>    Ethereal -> Wireshark
>    Gaim     -> Pidgin
>   
>    Cups is one that is coming up, but that will probably be more of a
> fork because people won't want Apple in control. Cups, forks, spoons.
> I want my tea.
> 
> 

I can think of several other name changes... That would be an
interesting (and long list) to come up with if we all put our heads
together :)

One I just found out recently was gimp-print -> gutenprint.





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