From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Abrahams Subject: Re: Un-googlable Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:45:55 -0800 Message-ID: <87wsigo4e4.fsf@mcbain.luannocracy.com> References: <877iagpjsk.fsf@mcbain.luannocracy.com> <5d6222a80808161733j1721b60dod4f4c898b281a8df@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52607 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751629AbYHQAqN (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:46:13 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KUWPI-0001Dj-9e for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:46:08 +0000 Received: from 211-35-237-24.gci.net ([24.237.35.211]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:46:08 +0000 Received: from dave by 211-35-237-24.gci.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 2008 00:46:08 +0000 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: on Sat Aug 16 2008, "Glauber Costa" wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:27 PM, David Abrahams 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. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com