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It’s a pity OSS doesn’t have the resources to vet the names. In Russian this name doesn’t sound good no matter how you pronounce.
by notimetorelax 5y ago
It’s a pity OSS doesn’t have the resources to vet the names. In Russian this name doesn’t sound good no matter how you pronounce.
- arthurcolle 5y agoI guess no Russians listen to Janis Joplin either then. "You can please some people some of the time. You can't please all the people all the time."
- notimetorelax 5y agoI’m alluding to this, context matters: https://www.carthrottle.com/post/49rx9gg/ https://www.carthrottle.com/post/49rx9gg/
- j1elo 5y agoActually it is named after a pianist: https://joplinapp.org/faq/#why-is-it-named-joplin https://joplinapp.org/faq/#why-is-it-named-joplin
- notimetorelax 5y agoMy point exactly, you might think it’s a safe name to pick. Context is everything and for a todo app this name is quite unfortunate.