On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 09:49:03AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > [Please don't post in HTML!] > > On Fri, May 16, 2003 at 07:53:47PM +1200, Haralambos Geortgilakis wrote: > > Ladies & gentlemen, > > > > geeks off in far flung & darkened places, *please* pronounce the > > protagonists name correctly!!!! > > > > SCUM. > > > > Any Questions? ;-) > > Jokes aside, I prefer the approach of the Advocacy mini-HOWTO: > > Refer to another product by its proper name. There's nothing to be > gained by attempting to ridicule a company or its products by using > "creative spelling". If we expect respect for Linux, we must respect > other products. Although SCO does not seem to come into this category, there does exist the case where the company ridicules its own product, by choosing a name that is so twee and naff that saying/typing it leaves a bad taste in the mouth/slime on the keyboard. Examples: PayPal, One-2-One, Bad Boy. When I want to buy credits for my mobile phone I ask for a "T-Mobile card" (admittedly only a marginal improvement), and I'd be quite likely to call Microsoft's major OS by another name even if I liked it. Now to wash my keyboard... -- Pigeon Be kind to pigeons Get my GPG key here: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x21C61F7F
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