GIMP - what's in a name?

I believe in Free Software. This is a strange thing to say, rather like believing in air or water. As Rupert Goodwin pointed out in a recent blog entry “open source isn't about benevolence”; there is an advantage to be gained from the methodology and philosophy of Free Open Source Software, it is a way of making software that steps outside the paradigm of a money-making monolithic corporation into mutually beneficial networked cooperation.

However, as with all things Free, some decisions are less IMHO wise than others. My case in point is the GNU Image Manipulation Program, or rather, the name: GIMP. Okay, the acronym might have started out as a peurile teenage joke. But can anyone take it seriously no matter how good the software is? (And I do rate it most highly). The perjorative and sexual connotations of the word make it a Big No No.

You might say that I'm making a mighty storm in a tiny tea cup. But I recently started voluntary work at the local youth centre. I had to have a CRB check by the council, and there's a strict computer usage policy. I'll be working with children as young as 12, so I believe it would be unwise and unprofessional to install software named after a sexually submissive role.

So I installed Paint.NET instead.