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Nickname of next release



Dale Scheetz writes:
 > > On Tue, 4 Mar 1997, Brian C. White wrote:
 > > 
 > > > Thoughts
 > > > ~~~~~~~~
 > > > - Any objections to "woody" as nickname for the next release?

 > This reminds me of a cultural joke Harris Computing played on themselves.
 > They were completely unprepaired for the hoots of laughter when they
 > unveiled their then new Slash-6 midi computer at a London trade show. They
 > had not realized that the term "slash" is British slang for a "lady of the
 > evening". I suspect that the name Harris still brings smiles to the faces
 > of the Brits who attended that trade show.
 > 
 > Just for grins (or maybe for the lack of them) let's try to find another
 > name. I know the marketing types like names like this (even when the

I think we should have a female name for the next release;  
this will remind developpers as well as presumptive users
that Debian is not exclusively for men.

What about "sue"?

-- 

Göran Andersson <goran_a@maths.lth.se>


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