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Mambo Changes its Name to Joomla!

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the rose-by-another-name dept.

Phil Shapiro writes "The popular open source content management system named Mambo has changed its name to Joomla! -- released under the GNU Public License. Some of the reasons for the name change are explained at MamboPortal.com. Joomla! is used by a very wide array of organizations and companies."

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  1. This is not good... by Deltaspectre · · Score: 4, Funny

    I thought it was pretty bad telling my friends I used Mambo...


    Now I have to say I use Joomla!, which is almost as ridiculous as saying Yahoo! out loud...

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  2. Awesome by cnerd2025 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Soon, with Ubuntu and Joomba, we'll be experts in Swahili! ;-) That'd be kind of cool though.

  3. Not you too! by glitch13 · · Score: 4, Funny

    First P. Diddy, now Mambo? The Humanity!

  4. I bin down to see... by bushboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    me Auntie Joomla, eerie ?
    Dem Mambo boys am batty wid dis namin ting.

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  5. Sounds like a load of by Andy_R · · Score: 3, Funny

    mumbo jumbo to me!

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  6. Meesa gonna use Joomla! by Spy+Handler · · Score: 4, Funny

    the preferred CMS of Jar Jar

  7. Re:GNU Public License?! by cirisme · · Score: 5, Funny

    Honestly, it should really be the GPL Public License. :)

  8. Re:Is it, or isn't it? by AEton · · Score: 3, Funny

    And I'm extremely wary about downloading anything put out by people who can't spell or form cohesive sentences.

    What are you doing on Slashdot?

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  9. Yahoo! to sue Joomla! over patent infringement by sidney · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yahoo! has the patent on using punctuation in trademarks as a business method to create simulated excitement in otherwise independent reviews wherever they mention the name of the product being reviewd.