Mandrakesoft's new name: good or bad?

snecklifter · 04-09-2005, 11:42 AM

Okay, own up. Who voted in favour?

Maldain · 04-18-2005, 05:14 PM

Ok this just occurred to me. The spokesman for Mandrake...excuse me Mandriva's name is really Duval? Sorry but that one has me rolling that means Devil in Flemish.

M. Lacy

floppywhopper · 04-18-2005, 06:58 PM

Now Now - lets not get personal about peoples names
Remember the famous Robert Duval's famous line
"I love the smell of napalm in the morning"
from Apocalypse Now

cool
floppy

CragStar · 04-20-2005, 05:56 PM

Why did they have to change it to that name? It's bad enough telling everyone that I use Linux, now when I tell them the name of the distro they just laugh at me.

snecklifter · 04-20-2005, 06:21 PM

why? Its dree-var, not dry-var.

sekelsenmat · 04-20-2005, 09:37 PM

I beliave that the options in the poll to be maniqueist (too strongly oposed, eighter love or hate).

It would better reveal public opinion by having intermediary options.

I disliked the new name, but only slightly

CragStar · 04-21-2005, 06:53 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by sekelsenmat
I beliave that the options in the poll to be maniqueist (too strongly oposed, eighter love or hate).

It would better reveal public opinion by having intermediary options.

I disliked the new name, but only slightly

Sure it's not a very fair poll, but I think that it gets across the point that it is pretty ridiculous.

Although I must confess that typing that new name seems a lot easier and more relaxing than Mandrake. It just rolls off the keyboard. Still a stupid name though.

rose_bud4201 · 04-21-2005, 08:40 AM

Agreed. I stubbornly refuse to type "harddriva" to get to my hardware config :P