oh indi! ;-D
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Gabriel! <gbense...@gmail.com> wrote: > OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones. > > Maybe we can use him as a pet :P > > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Gabriel de la Cruz < > gabriel.delac...@gmail.com> 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 <s...@es.aau.dk> 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 >> > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list >> OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org >> http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list > OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org > http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss > _______________________________________________ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
