Re: Un-googlable

[David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>]

on Sat Aug 16 2008, "Glauber Costa" <glommer-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:27 PM, David Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> wrote:
>>
>> Serious question: has anyone considered changing the name of this
>> project?  Finding information about kvm on the web is extremely
>> frustrating due to the enormous number of pages related to KVM switches
>> and the heavily overlapping target audience (people who want to run
>> multiple OSes).  I figure a name change would be good for reducing the
>> developer support burden as well as for your users.
>
> I don't think it is such a big issue. The first time I googled for any
> kvm-specific info,
> I got frustrated, that's true. But then I just started typing "Kernel
> Virtual Machine", and everything
> went fine.

Really, everyone types out that long phrase when asking questions?
Seems somehow unlikely (notice that I didn't).  That said, I'll be
trying that next.

> Furthermore, we're not the first word with (at least) double meaning
> in the world.

No, but as I said, the target audience (and application area) overlaps
so heavily that even adding other relevant search terms usually doesn't
eliminate the chaff.

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Dave Abrahams
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