▲ 1556 ▼ Mixtapes 2.0 (lemmy.world) submitted 7 months ago by slazer2au@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world 186 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 33 points 7 months ago (1 child) On the mac, there was Toast (it burns), and Nero had an ad that said that they "Eat Toast for Breakfast." What a great era for software branding. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) The naming is one thing I legitimately like about the whole Linux/GNU/FOSS world. Things are still named by nerds/enthusiasts who have some spark of joy and fun left in their hearts. Could you imagine a sanitized corporate software product released today with a name that directly refers to the established product it is meant to displace? For example, things like GNU's Not Unix or my favorite remotely accessible text/terminal based email client I used around the turn of the century, PINE Is Not Elm. Then you get fun second-order software names like GIMP, too. It's all so preferable to the commercial software branding world where even though the visual presentation is extremely samey (everybody switching to the same popular boring fonts and removing logos/artwork), the actual brands are often made up silly words that are easy to get the domain name and the social handles for. Be sure to follow BONTO! on all your favorite trillion dollar propaganda and surveillance platforms! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Corporate word processing software: Word Apple’s photo management software: Photos permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zink@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) The naming is one thing I legitimately like about the whole Linux/GNU/FOSS world. Things are still named by nerds/enthusiasts who have some spark of joy and fun left in their hearts. Could you imagine a sanitized corporate software product released today with a name that directly refers to the established product it is meant to displace? For example, things like GNU's Not Unix or my favorite remotely accessible text/terminal based email client I used around the turn of the century, PINE Is Not Elm. Then you get fun second-order software names like GIMP, too. It's all so preferable to the commercial software branding world where even though the visual presentation is extremely samey (everybody switching to the same popular boring fonts and removing logos/artwork), the actual brands are often made up silly words that are easy to get the domain name and the social handles for. Be sure to follow BONTO! on all your favorite trillion dollar propaganda and surveillance platforms! permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Corporate word processing software: Word Apple’s photo management software: Photos permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago Corporate word processing software: Word Apple’s photo management software: Photos permalink fedilink source parent