tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815203.post2838054941716247776..comments2023-10-20T20:18:51.797+09:00Comments on Blues Tea-Cha: Karoshi?Blues Tea-Chahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08059204853265535952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815203.post-29172776638911311422010-08-04T00:10:33.685+09:002010-08-04T00:10:33.685+09:00Thanks, anonymous! (love your poetry) Good detecti...Thanks, anonymous! (love your poetry) Good detective work. I wasn't sure that "Karoshi" wasn't the name of a local species of lotus in Karachi or something. Actually, I think I didn't even look into it because the name actually does put me off a bit. The power of words... I'd be more likely to run Edubuntu (am running it now, actually) or Skolelinux, Debian-edu or whatever, altho Karoshi could well be technically superior. "Karoshi" would be my last choice. All else being equal, the name gives a bad impression, and branding does make some difference, altho most people probably wouldn't notice it or know what it means. I don't want to be an oversensitive person telling them it hurt my feelings, or to get a new name, but I do think it handicaps them if they were hoping for mass adoption in a state's school system, for example. How about Iruka? Kujira? Japanese distributions are called "Vine" and "Berry" so foreign words seem to be appealing.Blues Tea-Chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059204853265535952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815203.post-4836678740965320312010-08-03T21:42:41.712+09:002010-08-03T21:42:41.712+09:00I don't think it was meant to mean suicide or ...I don't think it was meant to mean suicide or be dark, but it's just what I read from their FAQ. This is what it says:<br /><br />What does Karoshi mean?<br />Karoshi means 'death by overwork' in Japanese. We stumbled across the name and it's meaning, from a<br />British newspaper in a column about unusual words. We thought it would be ironic, as we know how hard<br />teachers and system administrators work in schools. We thought as the operating system was designed to<br />take the hard work out of running Linux servers in schools, that it would mean our user wouldn't 'die from<br />overwork' or as we took it to mean get over exhausted/stressed. It has never been our aim to offend those<br />who have died from this condition and it was more of a lighthearted poke of how overworked and stressful<br />it can be to run servers in schools.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815203.post-67020761003894151562010-08-03T21:07:54.755+09:002010-08-03T21:07:54.755+09:00OK, cool, but that's a little dark to promote ...OK, cool, but that's a little dark to promote for a school environment, as for when the school board or principal asks, "What does 'Karoshi' mean, anyway?" If it was intentional, maybe the Jisatsu® OS would have been more appropriate.Blues Tea-Chahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08059204853265535952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6815203.post-54330814309091317022010-08-03T20:51:58.705+09:002010-08-03T20:51:58.705+09:00The creators did research the meaning first, and i...The creators did research the meaning first, and it was meant to be irony.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com