Re: Principles for new name

On Saturday 06 November 2010, Johannes Simon wrote:
> It is certainly a name with potential. It fulfills all the points Inge mentioned - but one. It is not a good name for a software package that also ships a drawing (and photo editing) application as well as a vector graphics editor. In fact, "calligraphy" is very limited to a word processor. It has not much to do with spreadsheets or data bases or flowcharts. Bottom line is, good name, but not in our context.

I don't see that as a real problem, actually. These days, presentations and even spreadsheets are intended to be beautiful (kallos) and beautful when printed (graphein). And by the procrustean cutting off of the ending, the whole word becomes a lot more abstract, and then it might fit the other apps as well.

I'd be tempted to use s/C/K/, to make it even more abstract, but then we're in the kde-apps-are-with-k mood again :-)

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