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Posted 6 months ago.
See this poll on: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/?p=19312&preview=true
I voted 'yes' because, as someone said, "GNU / Linux apps often have a strange name" and The Gimp is not an exception.
French people (for example) never know how to say it ("jimp" or "guimp" or "geemp") and it's time to find a name which will "sell" the program to a wider range of users.
My suggestion : a real, international, word like "Impala", which would link to the first name and would permit some ideas for logo, presentation, and so on. And the Gnu is not very far of the Impala! :-)
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Serengeti_Impala3.jpg
FUN, from Paris
I would love to see a new name. Even something as simple as Gnu IMP, which is sort of adorable. I really doubt that it would make a large difference in the long run. So a few people who credit the software will (possibly, should they choose to) end up rewriting a few lines of HTML. Bah humbug to all those who fear change!
I vote "YEEEESS"
I didn't even know that the word gimp was related to sadomasochism until I read this article.
Long live the GIMP!
Cheers from Mexico!
I like "The GiMP" and I don't want a streamlined fancy name for such an amazing application that saved my days for so long. So I bring out the GiMP every day to do my work. Keep it!
I got laughed at today and very embarrassed, when I advised a girl colleague at work to download and install GIMP as a replacement for an Photoshop.
I'd just shorten to imp. Silent g. Lots of cute potential for the logo. And they get to keep the image manipulation program.
Yes - it is a shame the acronym shares the reference, but if my name was Duane Ivan Charles Kingston, i wouldnt go by my initials....
My vote is alter the name to "Gnu IMP"
Yes. Open Source standards should be higher
Gimp is a household name of a very powerful program, so changing its name would be bad PR. In addition, the name reflects the important fact that it is free software, and so its name should be maintained.
Claro que votei em não. O que há de errado com a palavra Gimp? Estranho é dar substantivos como nome aos programas.
If you change the name, then you force everyone who ever created a website, video, article, or other promotion of the GIMP to to rework their website, etc. And there are hundreds. There would have to be a (formerly known as GIMP) aside for how long? Until people get used to the name change? How long will that be? BTW, if you look up the word gimp, it has many useful, technical uses as well as the offensive. Gimp- another good English word destroyed by slang usage.
I voted yes. Gimp is a derogatory term which people could find offensive.
I should also find out that some might find casual use of the word "pimp" to be offensive, particularly sex workers who work for a house or organise their own clients who are often frustrated by misconceptions of the industry.
I wvote PIMP.. lol well any name that doesn't also sound like an offense.
GIMP just doesn't sound professional.
I think much better than before the name change would be a mistake ...
Remember, do not visit my site (!)...
I voted yes, but I don't care too much about it.
A name is an easy thing to change! Just change it, and people will stop complaining. End of story.
Try installing a package called GIMP in a high school full of adolescents - not good!
Noway!
Every time you use the word GiMP people make a facepalm because they see this interface in many windows, often bugged to get focus on it, hard to take in hand...
I think there are more reasons to change the name than keeping
But it is a need to determinate the way how to choose a new one.
Librement
No way! Gimp is one of the few desktop programs that has made the transition across platforms, and changing it would be a big fail! Don't fix which ain't broken,!
@shackra That photochimp name made me think of a slightly different, but more appropriate name. That would be 'Photochamp'.
I don't believe "GIMP" is a remotely interesting name for a piece of Software. It's just about brands, for instance, an iMac does not stands for "Intelligent Machine for Algorithms and Calculations", at least, not that I'm aware... it's just a brand. I supose that was a valid name when project started, but at this time, can (and probably must) be changed. I think the most of the people who defend the current name does it just because they got used to it...
May be a little..
gimp++
gimp#
gimp+
super-gimp
How about XIMP?
Definitely "YES". The new name should contain the word "Pixel".
I voted NO, because for me, the name GIMP is fully assumed. "GNU Image Manipulation Program"... it's a fact. But, if i had to choose a new name for it, i'll call it "IGM" for "Industrial GNU & Magic" ! Why not?! Maybe Georges Lucas won't like this !!!? :-)
The programme needs a different name. Not only the current one is offensive to some, which is enough for a change, but it's also unattractive. If more than an acronym can be done to make it better and cool, then let's do it.
I just hope that the new name will be as good as the programme itself.
No! No! ... PIMP please !
Pimp = someone who procures customers for whores (in England they call a pimp a ponce), arrange for sexual partners for others
Most might want this ..Lols
I speak French and until I checked in my dictionary a few minutes ago I had no idea what gimp meant. I figure many users around the world are not english speaking and just don't care about the meaning of gimp! In this poll, english speaking users will vote, so that is not fair for all the others (French, Italian, Spanish, Roumanian, whatever) who know the name and do not need it to be changed.
I vote PIMP!
@Matt, I think PIMP is a GREAT idea!
"Gimped" is slang for limping or hobbling; hardly the mental picture you want for a professional application. And with the newer features, it's getting closer to a professional system (come on CMYK!).
"Pimp" is slang for being the master of your domain and/or being decorated.
You could change the logo to the Fedora's hat coloured purple (feather optional)
@Bob - Div can be used like that, infact all words could, but you don't see HTML changing...
How about PIMP, Professional Image Manipulation Program?
The term "squaw" was in common use in this part of the US for a long time. It is a Native American word which translates to "cunt". As more people came to understand that the word is offensive to some, place names are being changed, "Squaw Bay" is now "Mawikwe Bay".
To some people, the term "Gimp" is offensive, my guess is that whoever came up with the name was unaware of it's other meaning. Now we know. It sounds like the main reasons to keep it are "it doesn't offend me" or "it would be bad marketing" neither which strike me as good reasons to offend a vulnerable demographic.
Hmmm.... "Wilberforce"?
How about IMP?
Absolutely! Because Gimp is a synonym for cripple. And I knew that meaning for years, even though I am not a native english speaker. Of course all the geeks will say "but it's a recursive acronym!!!" But guess what... a normal user doesn't give a sh** about geek stuff and will associate the name with something negative.
I could mostly go either way on this. I voted no, although I think the name stinks.
In the end - renaming the application would only set it back, and confuse people I think.
Mother of God!? Why it should change the name, I dont understand... what they want, call it "Photochimp"? come on :S
I vote "NO"...
It's a terrible name. But then again, most Linux apps are terribly named. :/
I voted "no", unless Gimp will become a qt app :D (Qimp)
No. It reflects its capabilities perfectly.
"Gimp" is a derogatory term in the. Check out Urban Dictionary and Pulp Fiction.