IMHO.. you need to pitch your own ability rather than Joomla!. After all there are thousands of other people who could also pitch Joomla! but only you can pitch what you would do with it.

See. I don't get this. For the last year I've been going to meetings saying "Mambo". For the last few days I've been saying "Joomla!". I've noticed no difference in reaction.You want to find out just how bad it is? Go into a meeting with paying customers and when they ask 'We need a CMS, what do you recommend' and you reply 'Joomla', I dare you to keep a straight face when you see their expression.
Amen to that! Especially if the name is so close to one's own name. My name is Jomaa. For me, laughing at Joomla is like a personal attackTroubadour wrote: It's very immature to laugh at someone because of their name![]()
holycow wrote: Post my vote in the 'hate it column'.
You want to find out just how bad it is? Go into a meeting with paying customers and when they ask 'We need a CMS, what do you recommend' and you reply 'Joomla', I dare you to keep a straight face when you see their expression.
In the end it's only an open source project. You guys do all the hard work, you have my support what direction you take. The penguin icon worked out for Linux so what do I know.
There is just no way to use the word Joomla in a serious context. I will simply fork the project into an available name if I haveto as per licence.
holycow wrote: Post my vote in the 'hate it column'.
You want to find out just how bad it is? Go into a meeting with paying customers and when they ask 'We need a CMS, what do you recommend' and you reply 'Joomla', I dare you to keep a straight face when you see their expression.
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There is just no way to use the word Joomla in a serious context. I will simply fork the project into an available name if I haveto as per licence.
I seriously doubt you will be laughed at by either of thosemanuman wrote: Well for those interested I have two presentations on Monday (tomorrow). One to a school and one to an automotive dealership. I will tell them its Joomla and we'll see what happens... I stand ready to either be laughed outta the office or seal myself a bit of income fo the next month.
I will report back what happens.
call it holycow cms if you feel better ... but i doubt u will sell more with that brand :Pholycow wrote: just to clarify, my intention was simply to answer the topic: "Do you like "Joomla!" as new project name?"
fortunately there is no point in arguing about GPL projects - when in doubt fork.
to that end, note my vote: the brand JOOMLA! will never be used by us. worst brand name ever.
clearly a brand name for a better salesman than i.
rdb wrote: "No, no we absolutely refuse to spend thousands less because your product has a stoopid name".