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No seriously I hate it, the entire name that is. Why in god's green earth do Intel and Nokia think calling something meego would be cool. As a name it is quite atrocious to both pronounce and hear ... it does not inspire confidence or desire.

I get the rationale; meego ... sounds exotic, and these teeny bobbers love their wierd exotic names. Well to the old farts at Nokia and Intel, listen up 'MeeGo' isn't cool quite frankly and should be used as little as possible. As a naming scheme in the background amongst techies, sure go for it but to the public please cease and desist before names get out of control.

Both Intel and Nokia have hammered us with their Linux brand names. Moblin and Maemo, this branding has already established it's presence on our collective psyche's. To be honest they sound cool, and can be market ready as they are already established.

Now what becomes of MeeGo? Well consider it a compliance layer. Maemo 6, with MeeGo compliancy ... now when marketing it you can downplay the MeeGo part and still call the product Maemo or Moblin. It is after all a compliance layer that is being built, so wy not just call it what it is.

Last edited by MoJo; 2010-04-07 at 00:24. Reason: Original was titled in a way that would be percieved as flamebait
 

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