From: Casainho <casainho_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:20:31 +0000

Hello :-)

Because of this reason:
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6751.msg146274#msg146274 ,

we had change the name from "Rockbox Player" to "Lyre".

We wanted a name from an animal (nature connection) and we think of a
hardware running Rockbox as colorful (Rockbox themes are great!) and
with great sound. We had a few names but we ended up with "Lyre":

"A Lyrebird is either of two species of ground-dwelling Australian
birds, most notable for their superb ability to mimic natural and
artificial sounds from their environment."

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird ; Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

But wait, Lyre is also the name of an instrument:

"The lyre (from Greek ëýñá - lyra) is a stringed musical instrument
well known for its use in classical antiquity and later. The
recitations of the Ancient Greeks were accompanied by lyre playing."

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyre ; Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qN8LcLIgH3Q

So we have both, the name of a bird and of an instrument.

I want to ask to some admin of Rockbox wiki, to please change the name
of wiki pages for this new name.

http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/RockboxPlayer
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Received on 2009-03-13