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mmckeen | 8 years ago

Plasma is already the name of KDE's desktop interface. Reusing the name of an already known project is confusing.

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DennisP|8 years ago

And before KDE, plasma was already the name of a state of matter. It wasn't confusing to reuse it for KDE's interface because the context makes it clear. Same here.

Etheryte|8 years ago

Finding a good name is hard, especially if you want a single word. Going with "Plasma Contacts" or something similar would easily remove the ambiguity.

Zardoz84|8 years ago

Yeah, I just click thinking that was something about KDE. Bad feeling give mes, someone that "steals" some popular opensource name for his business.

SkyMarshal|8 years ago

Yeah it really sucks when people do that. Glad it's not very often.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=plasma+company

bpicolo|8 years ago

Using basic/common 6 letter words is not any sort of theft.

unknown|8 years ago

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