On Mir the name

Dec 15, 2016

I just wondered if the D Mir stuff will get name problems due to Canonical's competitor to Wayland being called Mir? -- Russel. ============================================================================= Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: sip:russel.winder@ekiga.net 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: russel@winder.org.uk London SW11 1EN, UK w: www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder

On Thursday, 15 December 2016 at 08:46:41 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: > > I just wondered if the D Mir stuff will get name problems due to Canonical's competitor to Wayland being called Mir? ... and the Russian space station (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir). See also this old issue: https://github.com/libmir/mir/issues/188

December 15, 2016

Re: On Mir the name

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On Thu, 2016-12-15 at 09:26 +0000, Seb via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Thursday, 15 December 2016 at 08:46:41 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> > 
> > I just wondered if the D Mir stuff will get name problems due to Canonical's competitor to Wayland being called Mir?
> 
> ... and the Russian space station
> (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mir). See also this old issue:

Different field so no legal or marketing problem.

> https://github.com/libmir/mir/issues/188

OK, the problem is in hand.

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