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XBMC name change - basco - 2011-12-12
Hi everyone!
I saw the new XBMC logo and started thinking....
We shoud start giving XBMC the name credits it deserves!!
My personal opinion is that XBMC has grown out to be the worlds no. 1 free mediacenter. No ties with xbox anymore.
So why not call XBMC --> MC (leave out the XB part)
I think that is what this medacenter deserves. It is THE best MC i've come accross.
So when you boot is just says:
MC
MEDIA CENTER
What you you people think of this?
- Martijn - 2011-12-12
basco Wrote:Hi everyone!
I saw the new XBMC logo and started thinking....
We shoud start giving XBMC the name credits it deserves!!
My personal opinion is that XBMC has grown out to be the worlds no. 1 free mediacenter. No ties with xbox anymore.
So why not call XBMC --> MC (leave out the XB part)
I think that is what this medacenter deserves. It is THE best MC i've come accross.
So when you boot is just says:
MC
MEDIA CENTER
What you you people think of this?
Looks to much like Microsoft Media Center
Just keep XBMC. Every one knows it like that now.
- basco - 2011-12-12
what and why do we care about microsoft...
- Martijn - 2011-12-12
basco Wrote:what and why do we care about microsoft...
Because stupid people will start confusing them.
Now you have a well distinguished name.
Eventually it's up to the devs if they want a name change.
- krish_2k4 - 2011-12-12
XBMC is a name that everyone is familiar with, change the name and people will just think it XBMC is dead.
There is no need to change.
- Orclas - 2011-12-12
Something also tells me that there may soon be more people who do not really know or care what the XB actually stands for than those who do, which means it's "just a known brand/product, meaning/background is lost and insignificant" (just as with plenty other companies or brands out there).
- dsimages - 2011-12-13
krish_2k4 Wrote:.... change the name and people will just think it XBMC is dead.....
that is also a tactic used in the business world to gain more/new "customers"/users.
If done correctly it could certainly gain more users. More users could bring more donors. More potential donors could mean faster development...
Thats alot of if's and could's. I agree that the name no longer suits the criteria.
- TugboatBill - 2011-12-13
Media Center is already used:
http://jriver.com/
Fwiw - TheSovereign - 2011-12-13
"If it ain't broke don't fix it."
"XBMC" respects the history of this awesome media center, and that's the way I likes it.
- darkscout - 2011-12-13
It's XBMC. What the heck is a Plex? What is a Boxee? The name of this software is XBMC. It 'means' nothing any more.
- giftie - 2011-12-13
Doesn't the XB stand for 'eXtremely Bada$$'?
- Orclas - 2011-12-13
giftie Wrote:Doesn't the XB stand for 'eXtremely Bada$$'?
Well, and that of course
- TechLife - 2011-12-13
We fear change
(jk)
- TugboatBill - 2011-12-13
We should change the name. That way the developers can spend their time doing string changes instead of Eden, audioengine, pvr, android, etc. While they're doing that they can port to the PS3.
- giftie - 2011-12-13
TugboatBill Wrote:We should change the name. That way the developers can spend their time doing string changes instead of Eden, audioengine, pvr, android, etc. While they're doing that they can port to the PS3.
lol..