Re: for your approval, changes to the existing SRA

On Tue, 25 Jan 2005, Robert Bernier wrote:

> On January 24, 2005 08:33 pm, Justin Clift wrote:
>>> Software Research Associates (SRA), founded in 1967, is one of the oldest
>>> software houses in Japan, http://www.sra.co.jp. With branches throughout
>>> the world and founder of the GNU Software Service (the Wingnut project
>>> http://www.sra.co.jp/wingnut/) it has become one of the largest backers
>>> of the Open Source movement in Asia today.
>>
>> Hmmm... not sure here. In Australia, the term "Wingnut" has a meaning
>> associated with someone who is crazy (not in any kind of good way) and
>> not someone to be associated with.
>
> It used to be true in Canada back in the 60's but the term fell out of disuse.

Damn, I was only *just* born in the 60's (tail end of it), and we still
use it all the time to denote something missing half a load :(

> The fact of the matter is that this is the name of the project. It was
> coined after one of the SRA seniour execs had a meeting with Stallman
> back in the 80's. If it's lasted this long and not been commented upon
> then why change it now?

Agreed, but it will have 'crazy connotations' for alot of ppl :)

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