Names for new products are always a problem.
I think KDraw is too generic - it says nothing about the program [ex-Killustrator]. I was the man who invoked "ranaming Konqueror" thread on kde-devel in August 2000. Well, I think now that "Konqueror" name is quite good, comparing to others (while it's still to difficult to be pronounced by Russian people). My general advise for "product naming" remains the same as year ago: two, max. 3 syllables, and name should start from sound consonant, like "D" or "L".
So, for example, I find "galeon" name is great (while not very unique), as well as "vectra" or "laserjet" (HP). From other side, there are many *wrong* names (like Presario, Proliant; and Illustrator 4 syllables!) which still sell good or positioned more-less correctly. Product is always the first, it's rather difficult to sell huge volume of bad things. While Microsoft has some success, for sure:-)
Anyway, Marketing Mix consists of 4 P's (product, place, price, promotion). Open Source development model is great, and I don't see how traditional companies can overcome this.
Our *place* is better, isn't it?!
And we will not exchange it for something else, for sure.
As you see from subject, KIllustrator is vector-based drawing program. Similar programs are Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator (sugh...), Macromedi Freehand. Plus, I believe, there is a lot of shareware programs around.
PaintShoptPro is pixmap-based program. You may want to check KPaint and Krayon.
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There is no effort to capitilize on Adobe Illustrator from KDE team. Most KDE developers code just for fun. Yes, I agree there are better possibilities to differentiate your product than just adding "K" before the name. But Adobe has no right to capture generic word "illustrator". This word was not created by Adobe (like Aspirin, mentioned in this threat, created by Bayer), they [Adobe] have no right to capture all "graphics illustrators"
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No, Adobe is wrong here.
They can trademark "Adobe Illustrator", but can't claim ownership over "illustrator" name.
"K" is not appended on Illustrator name. KIllustrator unique product, part of KOffice suite. You can see that it share KDE look'n'feel, and provides necessary functionality for Koffice users, for vector drawing.
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Names for new products are always a problem. I think KDraw is too generic - it says nothing about the program [ex-Killustrator]. I was the man who invoked "ranaming Konqueror" thread on kde-devel in August 2000. Well, I think now that "Konqueror" name is quite good, comparing to others (while it's still to difficult to be pronounced by Russian people). My general advise for "product naming" remains the same as year ago: two, max. 3 syllables, and name should start from sound consonant, like "D" or "L". So, for example, I find "galeon" name is great (while not very unique), as well as "vectra" or "laserjet" (HP). From other side, there are many *wrong* names (like Presario, Proliant; and Illustrator 4 syllables!) which still sell good or positioned more-less correctly. Product is always the first, it's rather difficult to sell huge volume of bad things. While Microsoft has some success, for sure :-)
Anyway, Marketing Mix consists of 4 P's (product, place, price, promotion). Open Source development model is great, and I don't see how traditional companies can overcome this.
Our *place* is better, isn't it?!
And we will not exchange it for something else, for sure.
As you see from subject, KIllustrator is vector-based drawing program. Similar programs are Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator (sugh...), Macromedi Freehand. Plus, I believe, there is a lot of shareware programs around. PaintShoptPro is pixmap-based program. You may want to check KPaint and Krayon.
Visit author's homepage
There is no effort to capitilize on Adobe Illustrator from KDE team. Most KDE developers code just for fun. Yes, I agree there are better possibilities to differentiate your product than just adding "K" before the name. But Adobe has no right to capture generic word "illustrator". This word was not created by Adobe (like Aspirin, mentioned in this threat, created by Bayer), they [Adobe] have no right to capture all "graphics illustrators"
Visit author's homepage
No, Adobe is wrong here. They can trademark "Adobe Illustrator", but can't claim ownership over "illustrator" name. "K" is not appended on Illustrator name. KIllustrator unique product, part of KOffice suite. You can see that it share KDE look'n'feel, and provides necessary functionality for Koffice users, for vector drawing.