Re: Linspire and Ubuntu

Chris:

 >Or better yet, sell off the superb Xandros File Manager to 
Canonical/Linspire and go to work for them. <

Or get bought by them.

Xandros could be a very good acquisition.

Frank.

Well, that's kinda what I meant. However I really don't see much else of 
unique value with Xandros. I don't think they have market share worth 
more than a couple of cases of Molsen beer, and the name is only 
slightly less ugly than Ubuntu. Or maybe more ugly, as it invokes 
something sinister to me, perhaps some group of organized bad guys that 
James Bond should be pursuing! :-)

I know I keep mentioning names, but they are important when it comes to 
selling a product. Ubuntu may be a good name to use in some third world 
countries, but it has limited appeal in other areas. Xandros is just an 
ugly word no matter where you say it.

This is one of the reasons that I have been tuned in to Linspire. After 
the silly provocation of Microsoft with Lindows, they came up with a 
really marketable and clever name. [However the provocation got them 
press, and got them noticed, so maybe it wasn't so silly after all!]

Marketing is something that too many involved with Linux don't seem to 
understand. Naming is one of the first considerations as names bring 
forth images in ones mind. Mepis is another bad Linux name. You don't 
want a name that sound like something contagious you need to see your 
doctor about!


Frank B wrote:
> 
> Chris:
> 
>  >Or better yet, sell off the superb Xandros File Manager to 
> Canonical/Linspire and go to work for them. <
> 
> Or get bought by them.
> 
> Xandros could be a very good acquisition.
> 
> Frank.
>