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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 < > 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 -----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 OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mailman/listinfo/openindiana-discuss
