Re: proposal for "Zynaut" renaming contest

On Mon, 14 Jul 2003, "Klaus-J. Wolf" <[email protected]> wrote: 

> sorry for intruding the discussion, but
> I want to make some remarks on "Zynot"
> (the word I mean)... 
> Not knowing what you have already
> discussed, "zyn..." spoken in German
> strongly reminds of "Zynismus" (which
> is, cynicism). Other languages might
> have the same effect. 
> After all, it's not so wonderful to have
> a dog-like or shameless (kynikos
> [greek]) operating system. Sorry, but
> "Zynot" is too far in the gray lands of
> semantic twilight (in which the same
> thing might be true and right and
> totally wrong at the same time), for my
> taste. 
> There are more things with this short
> word "Zynot" that make me unhappy. I'd
> propose a small contest on for new name.
> I think it might promote popularity of
> the project and give us a name that is
> either more neutral or more memorable.

I agree, a contest might be fun. 

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