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[LMMS-devel] LMMS possible name change
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From: Kevin F. <kev...@ei...> - 2010-08-08 04:29:53
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> After reading all the comments on a possible name change for LMMS, I wonder, what reasons does everyone have to suggest a change? I like LMMS and never found it hard to pronounce as one person suggested, but I'm sure people have valid reasons for why they want it changed.<br> <br> I like the idea of calling it LM Studio. I also like LMS, keeping one letter per word rather than making multimedia into two letters (MM), which is a bit confusing and hard to remember.<br> <br> As mentioned LMMS is inspired by FL Studio, which is derived from Fruity Loops, which is in turn derived from the Kellogg's cereal Fruit Loops as a bit of a play on words. While it may be clever to directly associate LMMS's name with the popular app, I don't know if that's a good idea long term. LM Studio may not make people immediately think of FL Studio, so it could work pretty well as a name with a subtle nod to its closed-source big brother.<br> <br> I suggest either keeping the name the same, calling it LMS or LM Studio, or coming up with something completely new. As was similarly posted before, here's a word list I came up with for some possibilities:<br> <br> Audio<br> Canvas<br> Compose[r]<br> Conduct[or]<br> Dub<br> Edit[or]<br> Mix[er]<br> Modulation<br> Muse<br> Music<br> Note<br> Produce[r]<br> Score<br> Sequence[r]<br> Sound<br> Studio<br> Synthesis<br> Wave<br> <br> I'm a big fan of using one or more words from a non-English language. Latin works well across all cultures since no one really speaks it regularly anymore, so that's one option. Here are some examples of the cool stuff you can come up with using Latin:<br> <br> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <a href="http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?music">http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?music</a><br> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> <a href="http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?sound">http://catholic.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?sound</a><br> <br> To cherry-pick a few:<br> <br> Sound<br> <blockquote>Adsono<br> Altisonus<br> Canorus<br> Circumsonus<br> Insono<br> Sonitus<br> Sonor<br> Vox<br> </blockquote> Music<br> <blockquote>Cantus<br> Modulor<br> Musa<br> Musaeus<br> Symphonia<br> </blockquote> Anyway, I'm down with changing the name if everyone thinks it's a good idea, but definitely think the syndrome of Linux apps with crazy names should be avoided (LINFL = LMMS Is Not Fruity Loops = God, someone shoot me).<br> <div class="moz-signature">-- <br> <table style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-family: sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kevin Fishburne</span><br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-family: sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td>Eight Virtues<br> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-family: sans-serif;" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><font size="-1">www:<br> e-mail:<br> phone:</font></td> <td><font size="-1"> <a href="http://www.eightvirtues.com">http://www.eightvirtues.com</a><br> <a href="mailto:sa...@ei...">sa...@ei...</a><br> (770) 853-6271</font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </div> </body> </html> |