Subject: Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAAGA name
From: David G Matthews (dgm4+@pitt.edu)
Date: Fri Jul 27 2001 - 00:30:09 EEST
Also, "FreeWire" is reminiscent not only of "ReWire" (similarity
intentional) but also of "FireWire" (similarity unintentional). Could be
potentially confusing.
-dgm
On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Paul Davis wrote:
> >FreeWire sounds vaguely like drugs reference, LAAGA sounds like a Beer
> >reference ;)
>
> Only to wideboys and Cortina Mk.III drivers who holiday on the costa
> del sol, mate :)
>
> >Pretty 50/50 imho.
>
> Yeah, I'm not terribly hot on it. Somehow though, ReWire, CoreAudio
> and others just sound, uh, more appealing. But then maybe thats the
> native english speaker in me dominating too much. The hindu "glue"
> connection is very appealing.
>
> --p
>
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