OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones. Maybe we can use him as a pet :P
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Gabriel de la Cruz < [email protected]> wrote: > I think it is the right time for that kind of questions, as otherwise > it will be too late. > Openindiana is not a totally sexy brand name, ok to go, but... > Indiana was working well as a codename for opensolaris, so it would > work well for example to refer to all the 1.0 releases, or to identify > the developer releases.. but in terms of branding... > > I think our bosses will still purchase "solaris" unless they trust us > well enough to believe "openindiana" is as good as it... branding is > not only just about naming but it reflects many other things.. > perception of value, for example is a very important thing to Oracle. > > We all know how to recognize an state of the art OS, but the > management people doesn't know so much how to make the difference > other than trusting their perception of things. > > What is the reason why we are here; oracle does not seem to care too > much what sys-admins think, why they do not care so much about what we > think of them? well, they are not selling their products to us, they > are selling them to our bosses, tho the CXO range of people... people > who does not know what a "best of the breed" OS is but who prefers to > perceive the value of an OS from a different angle. > > Oracle sells damn expensive, probably they are not going to sell so > many licenses of Solaris as Sun did, but in order to make the CXO > people to perceive their products as "best of the breed" they do like > the wine cellars has been doing for ages, rise the price... and in > order to rise the price, thy have to be unique, and in order to be > unique, they killed the rock and roll... > > The are not so afraid of us as far as they can sell that picture... > but just think for a second, how wonderfully tasty will feel if the > distro we are building here could be perceived as valuable as the one > they are selling? > > So, your question is a good one... is that name enough to "compete" with > them? > > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen <[email protected]> wrote: > > CHRISTOPHER: > > > >> Indiana is the codename/name of the previous official Sun Microsystems > >> OpenSolaris distribution. > >> > >> Hence OpenIndiana since this is a project to carry on that legacy. > > > > Yes, I know all that, but I believe that legacy can be carried on in an > > elegant way without being influenced by e.g. the Indiana project. > > Besides, the term "Open" is more or less superflous these days; people > > care about things being open source etc., but it really doens't have to > > be part of the name IMHO...not anymore. > > > > Nevermind, I just suggest that we reconsider the "OpenIndiana" name, > > after all, this is a discussion list and I personally have no say. > > > > Søren > > > > _______________________________________________ > > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > > > > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
