On 06/22/11 09:28 AM, Gregory Youngblood wrote: >> Do you want to tell me that last year, during which I have done everything >> to promote OpenIndiana in my local Open and Free software community, is >> going to be wasted? No one and I really mean no one will ever take a second >> look again if I have to go yet another round of "So, this *was* OpenSolaris >> and it *was* OpenIndiana, now it is SomeOtherShit." >> >> On the other hand, is branding/naming/whatever more important than features, >> fixes and enhancements? +1 I would like to share with you some insights about this promotion thing, since in previious period, I was still giving away 2009.06 CD's together with OI update and Illumos/S11ex story to tell. >> At this point, I think a name change is a premature optimization. Let's get >> further along the technical track and realize some of the code, stability, >> and feature goals first, and then decide if a name change, probably as part >> of a concerted promotion and evangelizing campaign for the "new" system, is >> the way we want to go. We can hang on to all the suggestions so far, even >> make a place to accept new ideas, or we can wait to come up with ideas if >> that's the direction things go later. +1
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