One thing I really think would help the project is making the website look less like a project and more like a product. Again, this is something that a marketing person would be better able to do, but creating a projection section of the website that is separate from the marketing/product portion of the site would go a long way. Hope this is helpful. Cheers, Brandon
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Kent Watsen <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think OpenIndiana is a mouthful and trerribly unsexy > > How about something like "Super Nova" (Sun blows up) > > Or maybe "Black Hole" (Sun collapses) > > Just kidding! > > > > Totally Agree with Brandon, but maybe we could point someone with >> Marketing >> credentials to take this kind of decisions (not me of course!). >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Brandon Mercer >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> Along with the branding thing... The name isn't a large sticking point >>> for >>> me at all, and I REALLY like the logos, website and presence that the PHB >>> would perceive when they went to investigate the project. Sure it's not >>> complete or matured but the project is new. I look forward to what that >>> will >>> bring. Make sure you allow as many lies and misperceptions as every other >>> "enterprise" product so as not to be outdone! ;) >>> Cheers, >>> Brandon >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Alasdair Lumsden<[email protected] >>> >>>> wrote: >>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> So, your question is a good one... is that name enough to "compete" >>>>> >>>> with >>> >>>> them? >>>> >>>> I would have no issue recommending "OpenIndiana" in a board room to a >>>> bunch of pointy-haired-bosses* - it sounds way more corporate than >>>> Ubuntu, FreeBSD or CentOS, which I personally think sound "cheap". >>>> When someone first suggested CentOS to me as an alternative to RHEL, I >>>> was like "What?!". But over the years CentOS has gained an excellent >>>> reputation and I have no doubt that installations of it exceed those >>>> of RHEL significantly. >>>> >>>> Perhaps I'm biased as I essentially chose the name, but I don't see an >>>> issue with it. The biggest grumbles seemed to come from oldschool >>>> bearded UNIX types who haven't gotten over /usr/gnu/bin being put at >>>> the front of their PATH and who view Ian Murdock as the harbinger of >>>> doom and all things evil. >>>> >>>> The fact is we live in a world where every decent dictionary word is >>>> in use by somebody, somewhere. *.com, *.net and *.org are taken. Heck, >>>> in the UK/Europe we have some large banks called Smile and Egg. :-) >>>> Sometimes you have to make tough choices. Although OpenIndiana is not >>>> as sexy a name as "Solaris", the fact is, it was available and seemed >>>> a pretty good choice. >>>> >>>> If your bosses genuinely make business decisions based on trivialities >>>> such as what something is called, then you probably have bigger >>>> organisational issues than what OS your servers run :-P >>>> >>>> >>>> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointy-haired_Boss >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
