Hardy Heron??
August 31st, 2007
Ubuntu have named their 8.04 release. This one will have Long Term Support, so you can expect to hear a lot about it, as it will be Ubuntu’s next big push and will be around for a long time. With that in mind, you might think they would put a bit of thought into the code name.
They could have chosen:
- Hearty Hamster
- Humble Horse
- Hefty Hippo (battling the temptation to opt for ‘Hungry’)
- Hostile Hyena
- Homnivorous Hummingbird
How great would it be tell people that you’re trying out a new home theater platform on Hefty? Everyone loves hippos and they tie nicely into the African theme. Hippos have great personality. Herons? They just stand there all day doing nothing! Who ever heard of a hardy heron? And as for HARDY??? What kind of signal are you sending to potential users who are contemplating a switch to Linux but worried about the steep learning curve. Next we’ll be seeing Impossible Iguana, Justforgetaboutit Jack-rabbit. Myself, I would have skipped the H entry altogether, given that we’ve already had a Hoary Hedgehog.
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January 9th, 2008 at 22:03 pm
Looks like someone needs to look up “hardy” in the dictionary and then think about LTS.
January 9th, 2008 at 22:05 pm
Gav, I know full well what “hardy” means and why it applies here, but that doesn’t affect anything I said.