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Free software has some glib naming conventions (feddit.uk)

submitted 1 month ago by flamingos@feddit.uk to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] BlueKey@fedia.io 46 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Counterarguments:

Chrome
Edge
Sky
Adobe Acrobat
Outlook

All wellknown programs or services where the name has no relation to the purpose.

[–] rooroo@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago (3 children)

These are all major commercial services that can afford advertising or are already more than established. Most FOSS doesn’t have these perks.

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't even necessarily disagree, but I think that position is unfalsifiable because if the example is a highly popular program then "that doesn't count because it's big", and if it has a small user base then "of course it's small, it has a shitty name".

[–] rooroo@feddit.org 1 points 4 weeks ago

Fair enough. But all of these are heavily advertised.

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