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I'm not happy to see the use of the name "slack" by another company. For me slack is the same as slackware. Anyone know anything about this? Good Morning.

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Slack is a proper word in the American English Language - it is not copywrite property.

< Here was supposed to be a naming joke with no negative connotations >

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Slack is a sacred religious term and what everyone should aspire to: http://www.subgenius.com/pam1/pamphlet_p1.html

I checked the site out and I saw some pinkness. Its false Slack. Only the real Slack will do!

http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/ans...017_Linux.html

http://www.subgenius.com/bigfist/websites.html

Praise Bob

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Darth, sometimes I get the feeling that you'd be happier if you went away. But maybe that's just me.

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Perhaps this is a limitation with human communication?

There are a fixed number of symbols in all human alphabets and numbering systems. There are a fixed number of words, despite the fact that texters invent new words every day.

All words convey ideas. Words are subject to interpretation. Because of these limitations, there are bound to be similar sounding words that convey different meanings.

To add to the confusion, many words have different meanings!

To add more confusion, many words that refer to a single object become so popular that the word includes all related objects. Such as using the word Kleenex(R) to refer to any type of tissue paper, Xerox(R) to refer to photocopies, or Google(R) to refer to any online search engine.

The word "slacker" is a very old word, being popularly used at least a hundred years ago, perhaps two hundred years or more.

There is an online music service called Slacker. A movie named Slacker was released in 1991, two years before Slackware was officially released. A movie named Slackers was released in 2002. Before either of those movies, the word slacker was used in the 1985 movie Back to the Future. Who knows -- in addition to "Bob," possibly Marty McFly planted first seeds of Slackware in Patrick's subconscious mind as he started pursuing a lifetime with computers.

Somebody once quipped that there is no such thing as "bad publicity." Meaning that all publicity is, in one form or another, good for advertising a product or service. People searching for the word Slack or slacker likely will find search results including Slackware. Likewise for people searching for movies. That is free publicity for Slackware.

Most intelligent people do not get confused with most words as long as there is sufficient context provided. Except for lawyers, who twistify language such that black is white and white is black. The rest of us usually get along just fine with most words.

I found even more difficult to find the right word in English than in French.

Not solum because it is not my native language, sed etiam in addition to having many polysemous words, a lot of words have a similar meaning.

As a fun note: for someone raised in Romanian Culture, and who know a bit of English, the Slackware have a very meaningful name, and I believe, very appropriate to its real philosophy.

Literally, the Romanian would understand: "a software for lazy guys", and by loose interpretation, the sense would become as: a very stable software which require almost no maintenance.

Very appropriate by the Slackware as you know, right?

OK, that was also the sense of my joke, which I seen to not be well appreciated by our BDFL...

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I believe that is more about a mindset created by living in a specific Culture. You French guys have so many words...

I managed to handle the English a bit, but my take to French was a epic failure, as for me, your language is so rich/complicated.

To be on topic, I subscribe to what @BW-userx says: looks like "slack" is just a common English word, at least on American English.

And @upnort made a very complete explanation on subject.

I think it highly likely that the persons who created the "Slack" messaging software had never heard of Slackware Linux.

According to Wikipedia, they say "Slack" means "Searchable Log of All Conversation and Knowledge."

That's one of those statements that has me wondering which came first, the name or the acronym.

Come on! We are all grown ups!

THAT Slack is just a re-implementation of IRC concepts, you know...

OK! OK! Using WEB 3.0 shiny things, like WebRTC and so on. BUT still, it is a glorified mIRC.

B-b-b-but branding!

I believe that THAT Slack is just an UN-imaginative alternate naming for a IRC client and/or service.

After all, since ages if someone is catch out to talk on IRC, was accused of slacking and losing time, specially when he do that while at job.

So, the acronym is just gibberish.

Not that that help, as "slack/slacking" have the sense, at least in Europe and/or for non-native speakers, of losing time, being lazy.

Thank you very much for the reception. The discussion helped me to understand the thinking of the community. Whenever I can I will participate. Have a good day.