From: Cagey (KGWAGNER) [#22] 23 Jun 2009 To: worsel [#21] 24 Jun 2009
I'm forgiving Canonical because they were original with it, but anybody else does it they're just trying to ride their coattails. And even with Canonical I'm not happy about their choosing that name. Even after all this time it still sounds silly to me. It sounds like baby talk or something. Then, to make it worse, they use that babyshit brown theme. Everytime I look at a default Ubuntu install I think "Didz u buntu in yer widow diaper?" <grin>
From: Aurora [#23] 23 Jun 2009 To: Cagey (KGWAGNER) [#22] 23 Jun 2009
Shuttleworth is South African so I can understand his using a word from a language that comes from his area. It would be like an Australian company choosing an Aboriginal word for their product. It's kind of classy. But, for an American company trying to be PC by picking a Swahili word because it may be cool is pathetic. (fail)
From: Cagey (KGWAGNER) [#28] 25 Jun 2009 To: NateHoy [#27] 25 Jun 2009
Not here, I don't think, but she was a regular at Newbie's Linux for a while. She moved from Oregon to (I think) Minnesota, and I'm not sure what she's up to these days.
From: Talon8Ya [#29] 26 Jun 2009 To: NateHoy [#25] 26 Jun 2009
Like KG said he passed away.
It was a real shock. In fact he was giving me advice on one of my cats that he was getting from his daughter who was a vet or vet tech I think and all the sudden he disappeared. I did not find out he died for a long time.