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Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by brewdad on Friday September 02, 2016 @10:48AM (#12413372)
Maybe that's the naming solution then.

StarOffice*

* The Open and Libre Office Suite

Everyone could write it as *Office to save typing. Then users would simply say the full name. "AsteriskOffice"

Nevermind....

Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by toyg on Friday September 02, 2016 @11:27AM (#12413662)
StarOffice has never been fully free, and it even clashes with other trademarks in Japan and other Asian countries. It also had an image problem even before it was open sourced, to the point where it was literally given away for free (at a time when MS Office, Lotus etc were printing money).

It's a dead brand.

Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by elchief on Friday September 02, 2016 @11:02AM (#12413476)
And maybe rewrite it in C# and call it OctothorpOffice...
Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by jasonkostempski on Friday September 02, 2016 @04:21PM (#12415988)
Coctothorp is how I pronounce C# :) That or C++++ because # looks like 4 overlapping +'s which I've always assumed is what they were hinting at.
Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by labster on Friday September 02, 2016 @05:44PM (#12416500)
If you pronounce it like that, what will the next version be? We don't have a nonathorp. I've always assumed the next version will be C𝄪 (for those of you who are non-musicians, that's a double sharp symbol).
Re:Contemplating the possible retirement of Apache OpenOffice by Sylos on Friday September 02, 2016 @06:21PM (#12416686)
Your description also helps for musicians whose font just doesn't display that symbol...