Hi Edwin, On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 10:02:36AM +0200, Edwin van Drunen wrote: > As a long time user of OpenWRT and recent “LEDE convert” I would also like to > chime in on the naming and branding of the post-merge project. > > My employer and several of my industrial clients have used OpenWRT/LEDE > extensively over the past few years in many projects, ranging from routers > and access points to embedded servers and industrial controllers. > It was the small footprint combined with the versatility of the platform that > made it work and the availability of generic pre-built images for many > platforms and documentation that made it a success. > But despite the great track record of the system, there was always a bit of a > “hobbyist” feel that the OpenWRT name brought with it and a sense of > unprofessionalism being perceived by management and some end users. > Most likely this is because the name OpenWRT is strongly related to “hacking" > consumer routers (WRT54GL etc.) and the 90’s style website also didn’t help. > > When LEDE was forked and presented as a more multi-purpose embedded linux, > came with new releases quickly and with a more modern website and interface > to code and documentation, the switch was easily made. > Not having WRT in the name, implying it would be for wireless routers, but > instead using the broad term “development environment” was helping to better > describe what the platform is and give it a more professional sound. > With the new name the platform was now seen as a professional piece of > infrastructure.
This quite matches the experience I've made when presenting the LEDE fork... > > In my opinion LEDE perfectly describes the combination of OpenWRT’s version > of the buildroot system, the set of patches and the Luci interface: > The entire development environment that is needed to build a generic bootable > image and software packages from source for almost any platform, with > matching pre-built SDK’s and image builders. > > OpenWRT better describes the wide range of specific system images built for > COTS products (which are mostly wireless routers) and is a more suitable name > for a final “product". > You should consider maintaining the LEDE name or somehow differentiatie > between the “development environment” and the "final product". I strongly agree here as well, I believe the "LEDE" project could release an "OpenWrt" product in reasonable time intervals and that should be targetting home routers and similar embedded systems. Cheers Daniel > > With kind regards, > Edwin van Drunen > > > Who among our resident young-timers knows XMMS? Once upon a time this > > was a household name (FOSS folks houses). Now I reckon those who use it > > as a primary player do it for nostalgia. > > > > Likewise, OpenWRT while more recognizable than LEDE, is not worth as > > much as people here paint it, and will only remain relevant as long as > > people keep using it. Market/brand concept (in retail) doesn't really apply. > > > > Indifferent what name this project ends up using, just that LEDE (Linux > > Embedded Dev. Environment) expands the scope beyond routers, and breaks > > free from the "WRT" implication of wireless routers (does LEDE still > > have any of the original WRT source release by linksys?). > > > > LEDE sounds more fitting and gives the impression of a proper distro, > > which it is, rather than an improved fork/clone of an ancient source dump. > > > > No biggie, just thought I'd chime in. Good luck all. > > > > Regards, > > A. Benz > > > > On 05/09/17 09:33, Eric Luehrsen wrote: > >> > > From a raw objective stand, OpenWrt has better market value as a brand. > > > >> > > Its longer lived on the net and more unique audibly. If we surveyed 1000 > > > >> > > somewhat technical people, then we would have way more recognition hits. > > > >> > > I realize the vote concluded already, but hopefully this thought helps > > > >> > > ease some less happy minds. > _______________________________________________ > Lede-dev mailing list > Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org > http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev _______________________________________________ Lede-dev mailing list Lede-dev@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/lede-dev
