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- geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -27/+343Libpurple. Great, yet another Library whose name tells us absolutely nothing about its purpose. Is "libim" or "libmessenger" too much to ask?
- davefin, on 10/12/2007, -8/+320In gaim and now Pidgin, each IM protocol (AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, etc) is taken care of by a prpl (protocol plugin). prpl is pronounced "purple" and that is why libpurple was chosen as the new name for libgaim.
- Mandeep, on 10/12/2007, -32/+281Could they not think of a better name than Pidgin?
- praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -12/+198Laim.
- chicken101, on 10/12/2007, -6/+186GAIM has been known by that name BEFORE AOL started calling their messenger AIM. I would tell AOL to go ***** themselves.
- jessecrouch, on 10/12/2007, -6/+164GINA
GAIM is not AOL Instant Messenger - Weaz.., on 10/12/2007, -4/+149Is there just something about aol that they feel the need to be hated?
- robinator08, on 10/12/2007, -9/+134***** AOL (and THE RIAA)
- beatmonger, on 10/12/2007, -4/+119Tough to swallow indeed.
They're robin us of a chance to rename it ourselves. We should hawk some alternate names.
*hides* - kuribo, on 10/12/2007, -8/+117"should of picked a better animal"
Yeah, this name change is tough to swallow. - SlvrEagle23, on 10/12/2007, -6/+114Maybe we'll be able to squeeze a modern, attractive logo out of this name change as well. You would be surprised how many people see the project's now-dated logo and assume it has been unsupported for years because "any modern software would have a cooler logo"...
The new name isn't really that bad, though it just replaces the problem of saying "gaim" out loud and having people think you're talking about a game with the problem of saying "pidgin" out loud and having people think you're talking about a bird. - SlvrEagle23, on 10/12/2007, -0/+89I tried telling them to "go ***** themselves" on the phone once, and they said, "okay, sir"...
...then they sent me the bills for all of my dead relatives. So, maybe it's best to just leave them alone... - cdmarcus, on 10/12/2007, -7/+74A little late for April Fools, huh? No, wait... wtf? HOLY *****! It's REAL?!?!
- handsomeramin, on 10/12/2007, -9/+75I'm still going to call it Gaim no matter what.
- jackyyll, on 10/12/2007, -0/+63No he calls it the internet silly. I know i do. Whenever i start up "firefox" i verbally announce i am starting the internet.
- gauthierm, on 10/12/2007, -3/+64Do you still call Firefox "Pheonix" as well?
- mvent2, on 10/12/2007, -2/+55For those who don't know, Pidgin is not the bird, thats pigeon. A pidgin is a mash of languages designed to communicate between people who speak different languages. In that sense, I reckon Pidgin is an excellent choice, provided you know what a pidgin really is.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin - Atomic1fire, on 10/12/2007, -15/+64why not just call it gtkim
- luperry, on 10/12/2007, -7/+48I say bury the other one. while it hasn't made it to the front page yet.
- cam503, on 10/12/2007, -11/+49What is your purpose... Why are you here?
- swazo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+38On the far right it still says "What is GAIM?"
- luperry, on 10/12/2007, -7/+41I find it strange that you are talking "fair" on digg.
if it hasn't made it to the front page for 3 days, then there is no one to blame here.
one advice from me: shorter title. - Gratarian, on 10/12/2007, -11/+45GINA = GAIM Is Not AIM
gotta love all the acronyms - Agret, on 10/12/2007, -5/+37AIM Lite?
http://x.aim.com/laim/
I use it, it's awesome. - sbchairthrower, on 10/12/2007, -0/+29Its called a law suit.
- Falldog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+28Due to several legal issues with AOL and their AOL instant messenger (AIM), the following words can not be used without prior approval: http://www.morewords.com/contains/aim/
- gamerzworld, on 10/12/2007, -1/+29AOL just likes to keep digging holes for it's self. Let's all hope AOL dies soon.
- Cruelapollo, on 10/12/2007, -4/+31You can't call it the internet, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It's not a truck.
- Rice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+271. I'm sure you can compile it with whatever name you want.
2. Firefox. That really tells me what the app does. - Rice, on 10/12/2007, -1/+27Well, instead of crediting libgaim, Adium now has to credit libpurple.
I couldn't type that without laughing. - Kazanoe, on 10/12/2007, -9/+33Screw pidgen, I'll call it "The Instant messaging client formerly known as GAIM"
Kinda like the artist formerly known as prince. - syko21, on 10/12/2007, -0/+23different name same gaim
gonna keep using it no matter what happens - pufuwozu, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24Pigin wouldn't make sense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin - idonthack, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24What was wrong with just "Gim"?
Yahoo! has a YIM and they haven't been sued yet. - Ademan, on 10/12/2007, -1/+20@idonthack
They haven't been sued because open source projects are easier to pick on than corporations. - shawnanigans, on 10/12/2007, -2/+21http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin
A pidgin, or contact language, is the name given to any language created, usually spontaneously, out of two or more languages as a means of communication between speakers of different tongues, and usually a simplified form of one of the languages. Pidgins have simplified grammars and few synonyms, serving as auxiliary contact languages. They are learned as second languages rather than natively.
It makes sense why Gaim is called Pidgin, because Gaim/Pidgin supports multiple protocols. - Naga10, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25You're only saying that because you tried and failed, while this guy succeeded.
- iignotus, on 10/12/2007, -1/+19Irregardless isn't a word. Or at least it has no reason to be.
- Tarnic, on 10/12/2007, -7/+25i second that
- knaps, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23A pidgeon is the fusion of two languages between speakers who don't know the others.
So if traders go to port cities in foreign lands, that weird mix of the tiny bit of the native language they know + their own language = a pidgin.
Eventually, some time down the road, when more people use that pidgin as their normal everyday communication, it becomes a Creole.
I'd have rather seen GAIM become Creole. I think it's fun sounding. - cvp1, on 10/12/2007, -6/+23@geminitojanus: Time Warner owns the service mark for "instant messaging" so that wouldn't work (AFAIK).
- Ademan, on 10/12/2007, -5/+21I second GINA...
libpurple could be something as easy as libgina, or maybe liboscar or something?
cheers
-Dan - timf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+17Yeah, those damn Linux developers deciding the Nintendo product names, screw them.
- Draje, on 10/12/2007, -5/+20This about sums up the creation of the name libpurple, http://img260.imageshack.us/img260/9374/libpurprlesumupyk8.jpg
- analog, on 10/12/2007, -9/+24lol @ riffic being butt hurt cause his didnt make the front page
typically i hate dupes and bury them and digg the story which was first submitted, but in this case since riffic is being such a bitch, im not doing that - stalefries, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15So, nothing on that list is claimable?
Oops! - kahrn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+15Rich coming from a guy called "sk545". I mean, what kind of name is that? Highly original. More numbers that letters.. makes sense.
Retard. - Elranzer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14I think the real story here is that there's a .im domain extension.
- mozzep, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14If you just here "GAIM," not knowing what it stands for, then you probably won't have the slightest idea what it does.
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