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in GIMP's defense, GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, whereas names as Red Hat, Ubuntu and many others are not acronyms
by znpy 6y ago
in GIMP's defense, GIMP stands for GNU Image Manipulation Program, whereas names as Red Hat, Ubuntu and many others are not acronyms
- asddubs 6y agoto be fair to red hat and ubuntu, those names don't have multiple inappropriate meanings
- hda2 6y ago"multiple inappropriate meanings" to some.
- 8draco8 6y agoLet's face it, idea for using word "gimp" probably came before they figured out what it stands for. Even now when everyone understands what that means and what consequences are behind using that word, there is still a lot of debate around that name and instead of changing it to something more marketable they are stubborn and are sticking to it. They even allow for bigger market fragmentation (Glimpse fork of GIMP) just to not change that name, that's childish.
- tinus_hn 6y agoIt was named after the Pulp Fiction character. https://www.xach.com/gg/1997/1/profile/1/ https://www.xach.com/gg/1997/1/profile/1/