On Fri, 17 Dec 2010, Steve Haflich wrote:
< Regardless what would be the best name if the Maxima project were
< started over, changing an established name is generally a baaaad idea.
< When large corporations change the name of a product, they do so with
< well-funded carefully-calculated marketing program. This is not
< something which the Maxima community can do. And if the name were
< instantly changed today, that still wouldn't help web searchers find any
< of the interesting old content, which would still not be associated with
< the new name.
Hear, hear.
Perhaps the person who brought this up could add an entry on the
wiki page on how to search effectively for Maxima-related information,
including how to search this email list for related posts.
Leo
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