LuminOS (or some variation thereof, LumiOS) seems to me to be an obvious contender. Shortens to Lumi. Follows on from (perhaps too closely) Illumos.
On 10 October 2010 03:15, Gabriel de la Cruz <[email protected]>wrote: > ERRATA: indiana, not indina :-P > I dont disturb again... > :-D > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sorry, another comment, about our user base, > > It should be very easy to make the trademark transition, this has > > happen successfully on products that has been in the market for more > > than 10 years. > > In our case we just need to bond the domain names properly, ect... and > > keep the openindiana around for a while.. even easier if those names > > are inclusive, such as indina - openindiana. > > > > BR > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:10 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> By the way, the gray should be darker because of readability, sorry, I > >> don't have the tools I need with me right now. > >> > >> BR > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> Jesus, nice hint, Polaris sounds very nice as a brand, but I am afraid > >>> the patent office wont let us make a trademark for an OS with that > >>> name, as there is only 1 letter difference... that will be acceptable > >>> if we choose different classes of goods to be named with it, we could > >>> name whatever else... but not software. > >>> > >>> I have been sketching, and I will suggest 2 options, both > >>> "openindiana" and "indiana OS". > >>> > >>> "Indiana OS" could be the trade name for the actual product, > >>> "openindiana" could be the community? > >>> > >>> I like as well other variations such as "Indiana CORE". That will work > >>> if we intend this distro to be the mother-ship distro, and we intend > >>> others to derive from it. > >>> > >>> As long as Indiana is not written alone, there are not many chances > >>> for overlapping with other things at the search engines, we should > >>> anyway register the name in google so it give priority to the search, > >>> and so on. > >>> > >>> Seat Toledo sells nicely, even if there are 2 cities with that name. > >>> > >>> I hope the attachment works properly on the mail list... > >>> > >>> BR > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Hilman Fathurrahman > >>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> i agree with the name OpenIndiana > >>>> > >>>> On 09/10/2010 19:44, Daniel Kjar wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> Sorry, I thought I was replying to this 'thread'. You are right > about the > >>>>> googling though. Nobody else would ever use the name openindiana for > >>>>> anything, ever. > >>>>> > >>>>> On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Rob McMahon<[email protected]> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> On 10/ 9/10 12:40 AM, Daniel Kjar wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> I like Polaris, "our star"... not so much. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Very useful for celestial navigation so there is some 'meaning'. > >>>>>>> Polaris > >>>>>>> really does sound great as a name for the OS. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> Read what you're replying to :-) Please, let's leave this, and get > on > >>>>>> with > >>>>>> the program. OpenIndiana is just fine, it's out there, and it's > getting > >>>>>> noticed. > >>>>>> Type OpenIndiana into google. 250,000 hits already, all relevant > (well, > >>>>>> okay the first few pages are, I haven't checked all 250,000 > results). > >>>>>> It's > >>>>>> made el Reg, PC world, various linux websites, ... Change the name > now > >>>>>> and > >>>>>> you'll scupper that momentum. > >>>>>> Do the same with Polaris. 16,000,000 hits. Snowmobiles, the star, > >>>>>> missiles, quad bikes, clothes, insurance, ... Besides, it was > already > >>>>>> taken > >>>>>> by the port of OpenSolaris (R.I.P.) for the PowerPC port. > >>>>>> "Our star" really doesn't sound like much of a brand name to me > (sorry), > >>>>>> also it has the same google issues. > >>>>>> That's going to be an issue. We could spend months arguing back and > >>>>>> forth > >>>>>> and waste time that could be spent on content. > >>>>>> Let's move on. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Rob > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Initially it was said that "the community" didn't get a chance to > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> provide input, which turned out not to be true. Several of us > pointed > >>>>>>>> out reasons why a name change right now would be a bad idea. > Nobody > >>>>>>>> for the name change rebutted those reasons. > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Can we move on from style for now and work on substance, like a > >>>>>>>> skinnable mp3 player written in Scheme with a Fortran decoder? :) > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>>> 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
