2007-09-26, 10:16
pike Wrote:@Gamester17Yeah it does, Sony deserves the gold star! LOL
doesnt PS3 have something called XMB = XrossMediaBar ?
pike Wrote:@Gamester17Yeah it does, Sony deserves the gold star! LOL
doesnt PS3 have something called XMB = XrossMediaBar ?
Gamester17 Wrote:no decisions have been made so lets just call it "XBMC for Linux" for now,
...we know we want to keep "XBMC", just not agreed what it will stand for.
Though I personaly suggested "XrossBox Media Center" (pronouced "Cross-Box Media Center", similar to how XenSource is pronounced 'Zen-Source') internally to Team-XBMC, and if you noticed this name still makes XBMC (X.B.M.C.) the short name for it, (as in XrossBox Media Center). However not eveyone elase on Team-XBMC liked that name, however I have to say that I strongly like the name XrossBox myself. My arguments for suggestion the name XrossBox is that the word 'CROSS' associates to both "cross-platform" and "cross-port", which is what XBMC will be, a multi-platform software running cross both multiple hardware platforms and multiple operating-systems. The word 'BOX' in "XrossBox" associates to the fact that it is designed to run on a stand-alone 'device' (ei. 'a box'), 'BOX' also associates to TV (as in Tele-Vision) which XBMC is viewed on, I'm refering to TV as in 'TV-BOX' (TV which has slang the "The Box" in the the U.S.A. and England).
I also happen to think that the name "XrossBox Media Center" is catchy and is easy to remember.
Anyway, the point of any name-change made would be to have a platform neutral meaning (since XBMC will be running on at least the Xbox and Linux, and maybe even OSX and Windows as well in a couple of years time), though the new name should still be 'catchy' and easy to remember.
Dobyken Wrote:Now that the Xbox is no longer supported is it time to come up with a new name for XBMC? Besides the fact that the XBox is gone it's called XBMC Media Center which translates to XBox Media Center Media Center which is like saying L.A.P.D. Police Department.