Alpha release of ZODB programming guide

[Fred Pacquier]

ndev42 at yahoo.com said :

>Seems like you are exploring the namespace of ZO* words,
>so just to avoid a faux pas I'd point out that "zob" is a very
>rude word in french. Avoid naming a piece of software with anything
>close to that! :-)

Actually it is a (north-African) Arab word that has become very common in 
colloquial French, meaning more or less "dick" (pardon my French :-).

>No kidding.

Indeed. As it is, both "ZOPE" and "ZODB" are close enough, phonetically, 
when pronounced in French, as to be incomfortable in corporate settings. 
This may sound trivial, but starting with "Python", a lot of valuable open 
source software meets credibility problems over here that stem from 
unfortunate (French-wise) naming choices. Curiously, "Perl" seems to come 
across much more easily, which is very frustrating :-)

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