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Bonjour as the new name for Rendezvous
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Now that Tiger has been announced and the new name Bonjour appears to be in full swing, I thought I'd come and rant about it. They couldn't think of anything better? I'd rather have some technical acronym than 'Bonjour'. ZiNC would have been good, for Zero Network Configuration, or IRDE, for It's Really Damn Easy, I could come up with better names all day!
(Last edited by GSixZero; Apr 12, 2005 at 12:11 PM.
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Originally posted by GSixZero:
ZiNC would have been good, for Zero Network Configuration, or IRDE, for It's Really Damn Easy, I could come up with better names all day!
Ya those are really user friendly. You like all these letters and junk just like your user name right?
Personally I think they should have called it Freedom Networking 
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Bad name. Not horribly, wretchedly, awful name, but Rendezvous (which isn't a wonderfully good name either) is better. IMO, of course.
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meh...it works so I'm cool with it.
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. 
Originally posted by brapper:
meh...it works so I'm cool with it.
Same here.
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Apple had to change it, because another company already had a product named Rendezvous. I guess they could've picked a better name, though.
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Not bad... could have been better...
Considering they were forced to change the name, they probably wanted to keep it something VERY similar.
Bonjour seems rather logical.
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I would have prefered Salut!
Someone likes zee French over zere...
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Bonjour is great. I bet it really gets up the noses of Mac users who are silly anti-French people one hears about in the US.
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Rockstar Games - better than reality.
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Originally posted by sanity assassin:
Bonjour is great. I bet it really gets up the noses of Mac users who are silly anti-French people one hears about in the US.
Yeah, that is funny. <wait>...
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Originally posted by budster101:
Yeah, that is funny. <wait>...
Isn't it.
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Rockstar Games - better than reality.
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For that, I'm going to counter with one order of "Freedom Fries" and a "Milk Shake".
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Originally posted by budster101:
For that, I'm going to counter with one order of "Freedom Fries" and a "Milk Shake".
You said it.
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Rockstar Games - better than reality.
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Hey, how about:
fritures de liberté
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...and the whole of France shook their heads. 
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hahaha "cheese eating surrender monkeys..."
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Bonjour tout le monde ! oh wait, just those at LAN 
Anyway I like it.
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Don't like it as much but they hardly had a choice...
I would have preferred Salue though... or however you say hi...
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Instead of French AGAIN, why not "think different" and go POLISH in honor of the Pope?
Nostrovia!
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ONE VOTE FOR FREEDOM NETWORKING
damn frenchies...
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It should have been called Al salaam a'alaykum.
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ZiNC = cool.
Bonjour = horribly, horribly wretched. Whoever thought of that should be hung. Whoever authorised it should be hung, drawn, and quartered.
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It should have been called, "J'ai une Tour Eiffel dans mon pantalon."
Or, Pamplemousse.
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Bonjour is great but Moin (<- Hamburg slang) would have been better!!
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Apple Next-Generation Base for Zero Network Configuration Networking! 
Put it in a control panel with 4 levels of performance:
[Off] - - [On]
Just like Microsoft and its hardware acceleration! You can now have partially on and partially off zero network config!
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Honestly, I don't like it. The bottomline..it's named by Apple.
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anyone else see this on the Bonjour page?
Soon, anyone using a PC can take advantage of the effortlessness of Bonjour for free, too, as Apple will release a Windows version in the first half of 2005. The Bonjour Setup Wizard makes setting up a printer under Windows as easy as Mac OS X (we can’t make it as beautiful, unfortunately). Bonjour for Windows includes a plug-in for Internet Explorer, so you can setup a Bonjour-enabled device without knowing its IP address. You can even print to printers connected over USB to Airport Extreme Base Station or Airport Express. If you’re an Open Source enthusiast, you will be able to download the Bonjour source code to create software for virtually any platform.
Back on topic... I think the name isn't too hot, though not horrible.
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Those ****ing French, with all of their gross hand gestures and their smelly metro. The only reason anyone likes them is because the French hate America. Apart from that, there is nothing to like about them.
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Originally posted by badidea:
Bonjour is great but Moin (<- Hamburg slang) would have been better!!
Moin = teh Winnar!!!
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Originally posted by brapper:
hahaha "cheese eating surrender monkeys..."
Hmm, Anthony Bourdain (whose of French descent) used that in Kitchen Confidential before The Simpsons swiped it.
Good line though.
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I love how the poll assumes everyone dislikes it
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and what was wrong with Rendezvous?.
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Originally posted by spatterson:
and what was wrong with Rendezvous?.
From above:
Originally posted by OreoCookie:
Apple had to change it, because another company already had a product named Rendezvous. ....
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Originally posted by spatterson:
and what was wrong with Rendezvous?.
It was owned by someone else and they took Apple to court over it. They won.
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thumbs up for groundskeeper willy 
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Originally posted by Socially Awkward Solo:
It was owned by someone else and they took Apple to court over it. They won.
Humm... interesting, sounds a lot like Apple's issue with the Beetles.
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Originally posted by badidea:
Bonjour is great but Moin (<- Hamburg slang) would have been better!!
interesting, I thought it was bayerisch. Heard it a lot in Würzburg that's for sure.
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Originally posted by villalobos:
interesting, I thought it was bayerisch. Heard it a lot in Würzburg that's for sure.
It's also used extensively in the south of Jutland, though I think they usually spell it mojn instead.
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So, is it called Hello in France?
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How about "Appointment"?
There 's silliness in-yar-face...
What's in a name?
I guess that's why they needed a French name that has an International ring to it, without being known enough to be spoiled by some blasé opinion.
Personally, I do not give a damn. Corporate decisions are always oriented with a certain percentage coming from the creativity of the CEO and marketing. Indeed, some of the rights will find reasons for debating it on the sole basis that it is French, while others (and there are many) will debate it for its esthetical attributes.
It's all in our minds and no one holds the truth, except the owner of the idea.
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What's wrong with calling it "ZeroConf", which is the official open standard they're actually using, anyhow?
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Originally Posted by OreoCookie
Apple had to change it, because another company already had a product named Rendezvous. I guess they could've picked a better name, though.
I think that about sums it up. I guess the idea was to stay with a similar naming convention.
It's just a weak name in my opinion.
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it should have been hola
or comment allez vouz
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"yo dawg"
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coulda been worse.
They could have named it "wazzup" after those Budweiser commercials.
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