Hat with the whip then?-) But really - there was no open discussion about the name prior to OpenIndiana going public. May be now is a good time to make some contest for the distro name.
Regards, Hillel. On 10/6/10, Kyle McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 10/6/2010 8:41 AM, Gabriel! wrote: >> OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones. >> >> Maybe we can use him as a pet :P >> > Or we use his hat in our logo?? ;) > > -kyle > >> 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 > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2.0.14 (MingW32) > > iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJMrH1TAAoJEEADRM+bKN5wBiQIAMchbvhDbVejVXmA6g0BZNJK > ZDoQFrFOsFoHU+FspXURO9mMcBPdSXCHhfygPBlhe1IiF8K8Pz7nEo6YdYRZhMYa > bjxmTEAgws89U3lfSNzaS+hV0KwhVmni+T4qMOHkXtbpRiAEnnQwbJRCeZAbaqPv > NFfff8/U1jhXXhhNpTeLPMGC1X0YWYd224klrDAb6sM1yXhPRpcvK4/BoOjDtUVU > ezD0s9HW+Ts/dgloGzcONpnGDEoZlTNUdySj7tkTbUn6Onrp0NgX2IPVvj47ooaZ > PUApgKndQ8LAt+08H6oIGLX0uUZNAkwSWE0NKIleU6zjGiocN/hVFCDOzPz6zDw= > =VOvV > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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
