Ubuntu 2006 Spring Collection

[Duncan Anderson]

On Tuesday, 21 February 2006 12:25, James Livingston wrote:
> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 10:02 +0000, Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
> > I was thinking about the numbering debate this morning and thought: why
> > not call it the spring and fall collections? (obviously a reference to
> > the fashion world)
> >
> > I tested this on a local non-technical person, and she seemed to agree.
> > She said she would be much more likely to try a CD called '2006 spring
> > collection' than 6.04, 6.1 or 2006.1. 'Most people prefer words' she
> > said.
> >
> > I guess it could still be abbreviated 2006-SC and 2006-FC.
>
> I think numbers have several advantages over season-names:
>
> * they make sense to non-English speakers
> * they make sense in the other hemisphere
> * we don't have to sit through Fall vs Autumn debates

Quite a lot of Ubuntu users are in the Southern Hemisphere, where the seasons 
are the opposite to those of the Northern Hemisphere, so things might get a 
bit confused, unless you have a "Spring (South)/Fall (North)" edition, which 
would be a bit silly, wouldn't it?

cheers
Duncan

		
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