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marxian | # 71 | 2011-10-02, 21:13 | Report

Originally Posted by mece View Post

I wonder what the "Clipper program" is tho. Perhaps the device or group of devices?

Maybe he meant 'clippy'.

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Rauha | # 72 | 2011-10-02, 21:22 | Report

Originally Posted by mece View Post

I wonder what the "Clipper program" is tho. Perhaps the device or group of devices?

My guess would be just that. Meltemi is the software and Clipper the hardware running that software.

Meltemi = a wind
Clipper = a type of sailing ship.

"Meltemi is the wind that drives the clipper forward ".

Clipper from wikipedia

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MINKIN2 | # 73 | 2011-10-02, 23:18 | Report

And yet another silly name for a mobile linux OS.

When will these companies see that the more successful platforms have names that are either descriptive of the OS/device itself or have a name with a universal appeal and a little relevance.

I do hope this OS is successful but I would not want to have to explain all of that warm wind stuff and why they called it so when someone asks me, just before the inevitable "Can it play angry birds?" is uttered.

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IcyMoustache | # 74 | 2011-10-02, 23:30 | Report

going by these s.h.i.tty namings, Nokia will soon be exhausted and will come to an Indian wind...

In India, the most famous wind is named as "Loo".

Imagine an OS finally named Loo, "Am working on a html5 app in loo"

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MINKIN2 | # 75 | 2011-10-02, 23:47 | Report

LOO would be a great name if they used it as an acronym for Linux Oriented OS. It pretty much tells you what it IS.

But yes they will soon exhaust themselves of silly OS names. I mean after all, Klingon is still rather a limited language.

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jerryfreak | # 76 | 2011-10-02, 23:56 | Report

sweet melt, emi

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lma | # 77 | 2011-10-03, 00:59 | Report

Originally Posted by mece View Post

Meltemi is at least real, since Elop mentions it here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxc4I...ailpage#t=106s

Though he mispronounces it, you'd think a CEO would get things like that right :-/

Idle speculation: meltemi isn't just a wind, but a Mediterranean one in particular like the first four (mistral, scirocco, gregale, bora). Could be something that's been in the works for a long time. The first I've heard of it was here, but it sounded more like "future disruptions" territory than a S40 replacement for "next billion". On the other hand this is a strong hint that the WSJ didn't get their wires crossed.

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danramos | # 78 | 2011-10-03, 08:33 | Report

Originally Posted by MINKIN2 View Post

And yet another silly name for a mobile linux OS.

When will these companies see that the more successful platforms have names that are either descriptive of the OS/device itself or have a name with a universal appeal and a little relevance.

I do hope this OS is successful but I would not want to have to explain all of that warm wind stuff and why they called it so when someone asks me, just before the inevitable "Can it play angry birds?" is uttered.

With a name like 'meltemi', I'm not sure you'll even get past the sour-face and waving hand as they say, "Naw.. I'll pass," as they move on to look over something else.

The name even just SOUNDS bad.

Originally Posted by MINKIN2 View Post

LOO would be a great name if they used it as an acronym for Linux Oriented OS. It pretty much tells you what it IS.

But yes they will soon exhaust themselves of silly OS names. I mean after all, Klingon is still rather a limited language.

I think the point about 'loo' is lost you, perhaps? Also--bite your tongue about Klingon, Ha'DIbaH!

Originally Posted by lma View Post

Though he mispronounces it, you'd think a CEO would get things like that right :-/

Idle speculation: meltemi isn't just a wind, but a Mediterranean one in particular like the first four (mistral, scirocco, gregale, bora). Could be something that's been in the works for a long time. The first I've heard of it was here, but it sounded more like "future disruptions" territory than a S40 replacement for "next billion". On the other hand this is a strong hint that the WSJ didn't get their wires crossed.

They should stop choosing words that NOBODY can consistently pronounce--especially English speakers. :P Ugh--Nokia.

And I can't help a slight smirk every time I hear that phrase 'future distruptions' with regard to anything Nokia. It's just ironic to hear that now.

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abbra | # 79 | 2011-10-03, 09:28 | Report

Originally Posted by danramos View Post

With a name like 'meltemi', I'm not sure you'll even get past the sour-face and waving hand as they say, "Naw.. I'll pass," as they move on to look over something else.

The name even just SOUNDS bad.

If I understood correctly, this is internal Nokia's project name. It never has to be used in public for marketing purposes, same for development community. For public there is 'next billion' and 'S40' or whatever was or will be made by marketing people.

You need to get over it. Discussing origins of internal nicknames for projects/hardware items is probably fun but leads to little or no advancement in understanding what it is going really to be. Like at my current employer a part of a project I'm working on was called 'bluebox' at some distant point just because it had no name and in an architecture diagram corresponding software component was shown in a blue box to demonstrate what is needed to be implemented. Go figure, 'Bluebox' project!

The whole idea of internal project names at Nokia is to be able to refer to something without explicitly describing the project itself. I'm sure, if someone bright enough would have been in love with C-3PO instead of sailing in a sea, all Linux projects at Nokia would have been named after languages C-3PO knew.

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danramos | # 80 | 2011-10-03, 09:40 | Report

Originally Posted by abbra View Post

If I understood correctly, this is internal Nokia's project name. It never has to be used in public for marketing purposes, same for development community. For public there is 'next billion' and 'S40' or whatever was or will be made by marketing people.

You need to get over it. Discussing origins of internal nicknames for projects/hardware items is probably fun but leads to little or no advancement in understanding what it is going really to be. Like at my current employer a part of a project I'm working on was called 'bluebox' at some distant point just because it had no name and in an architecture diagram corresponding software component was shown in a blue box to demonstrate what is needed to be implemented. Go figure, 'Bluebox' project!

You've clearly never read or watched Dilbert and therefore have no idea just how critical a project name really is for the customer to be impressed and interested.

Dogbert: As you probably know, all the good product names have been trademarked by companies who are competent.
Wally: Competent? How are we going to compete with that?

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