The XBMC Project Will Now Be Called Kodi 188
An anonymous reader writes: Citing the problems caused by the lack of legal control over the current name and its long outdated origins as the reasons for the change, The Xbox Media Center team announced that they will switch the project's name to Kodi when version 14 is released later this year. If you're wondering how they picked the name Kodi, here's what they said: "We considered a TON of names. We had a number of requirements for the new name, such as being reasonably pronounceable in various languages and not be a mouthful to say, not be used as a trademark for someone else's media-related product, be easy to remember, etc. The group came up with a list of names and had our lawyer go over them. We then got back a smaller list that had been checked for various legal issues, and then we voted on the final name."
Like the German discount store Kodi? (Score:3, Funny)
Good choice, guys.
Re:This naming trend has to stop (Score:5, Funny)
ah bollocks, time for the second choice then: The Roof Shingles.
Re:This naming trend has to stop (Score:4, Funny)
a FUFMe programming interface?
Re: Like the German discount store Kodi? (Score:5, Funny)
Kobi works well enough.
Obviously not well enough since you couldn't even remember the correct name.
Re:This naming trend has to stop (Score:4, Funny)
Re:This naming trend has to stop (Score:5, Funny)
Nice, you now have Karnal knowledge!
Re: Like the German discount store Kodi? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Redefine (Score:4, Funny)
Re:My Recommendations for an Acronym (Score:2, Funny)
Xtremely Bodacious Man Cave
well, crap (Score:2, Funny)
this is going to make the 'XBMC' tattoo I got last month quite difficult to explain to people