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Lord Raiden 2009-03-23 20:12
Re: The name fremantle
 
I have a suggestion for the K name. "Kaze" from the Japanese word for Wind. I know that's jumping the shark considerably, but it's never to early to start something. ;)

qole 2009-03-23 20:31
Re: The name fremantle
 
Here we go: :D :D

http://qole.maemobox.org/images/Fixed-in-Fremantle.png

timsamoff 2009-03-23 20:31
Re: The name fremantle
 
I'm still a fan if Inverna.

Tim

benny1967 2009-03-23 20:46
Re: The name fremantle
 
They have this tradition of omitting every other OS version (E,G), so you better look out for names with J. ;)

myk 2009-03-23 23:29
Re: The name fremantle
 
Has anyone told the mayor of Fremantle? Its the town's biggest international fame since the Americas Cup boat race in 1987.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Raiden (Post 273981)
I have a suggestion for the K name. "Kaze" from the Japanese word for Wind.
Surely you mean Kamikaze. Thats the famous one that sank the Mongol fleet, a bit like the Spanish Armada.
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I know that's jumping the shark
Gun! Fonzie jumped the shark.

qole 2009-03-23 23:31
Re: The name fremantle
 
I think Fremantle is a more appropriate place for the 2009 Summit than Amsterdam... Well, except for the fact that the air fare would be atrocious for most of the attendees.

Lord Raiden 2009-03-24 00:10
Re: The name fremantle
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by myk (Post 274035)
Surely you mean Kamikaze. Thats the famous one that sank the Mongol fleet, a bit like the Spanish Armada.
Kamikaze is "Divine Wind" in Japanese.

Kami = god/divine
Kaze = wind

So yeah, it could be used. But thanks to the Japanese suicide pilots of WW2, it's gained a bad reputation in much the same was the Nazi's forever polluted the reputation of the swastika. (pre-ww2, the swastika was actually a world recognized symbol of peace) So while Kaze would be accepted by a lot of people, I think you'd see a rather unfortunate kickback for using "kamikaze" for the name. There's also a bit of a "self destructive" imagery that goes with that name. If someone called their project Kamikaze, a lot of people would avoid it like the plague.

lma 2009-03-24 08:39
Re: The name fremantle
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Raiden (Post 274042)
If someone called their project Kamikaze, a lot of people would avoid it like the plague.
Didn't stop OpenWrt (although technically it's named after the cocktail). And a fine embedded Linux distro it is too.

lma 2009-03-24 08:50
Re: The name fremantle
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by benny1967 (Post 273988)
They have this tradition of omitting every other OS version (E,G)
Well, we know what happened to Elephanta, and technically G has already been done with Gregale (which also used up what is probably the only decent G-wind name).

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so you better look out for names with J
There don't seem to be many of those either...

attila77 2009-03-24 09:47
Re: The name fremantle
 
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Originally Posted by lma (Post 274109)
There don't seem to be many of those either...
Jetstream ? Or Jetta for you who think Nokia names tables after Volkswagen cars ;)


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