the artist formerly know as prince lol..<br><br>I agree with Mr. Rowledge, other programming languages have considerable strange names(see <a href="http://microsoft.toddverbeek.com/lang.html">http://microsoft.toddverbeek.com/lang.html</a>), and they are very successfully,<br>
I especially like the name C++ because of the ++ "joke" it has in it.<br><br>I personally feel that squeak should stay called squeak!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:52 PM, Alan Lovejoy <<a href="mailto:squeak-dev.sourcery@forum-mail.net">squeak-dev.sourcery@forum-mail.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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On Mar 4, 2008, at 12:24 PM, Michael van der Gulik wrote:<br>
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> "Squeak" is a name that's hard to take seriously, and I for one<br>
> would be less inclined to advertise that any product I make is based<br>
> on "Squeak". However, there's a large investment in the name - URLs,<br>
> source code, public awareness, etc. The name is unlikely to change.<br>
<br>
</div>Squeak is not the most professional-sounding name that could have been<br>
chosen. One very important purpose of a name is marketing, and the<br>
name "Squeak" doesn't do that very well in a few rather important<br>
markets. Of course, if you're marketing to children (and those who<br>
educate them,) then Squeak is not at all a bad name.<br>
<br>
But that's all water under the bridge at this point. Changing the<br>
name only, in the absence of any other substantive changes, would at<br>
best be ignored as a shameless (and not well-motivated) marketing<br>
ploy. At worst, it would be seen as an act of desperation.<br>
<br>
Change Squeak so that it deserves a new name. Then the new name will<br>
be perceived as having been earned, and so will serve as an effective<br>
marketing tool to advertise the new, improved "Open Source Smalltalk."<br>
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--Alan<br>
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