Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-11 Thread Daniel Payno
Hell, this starts to look more like an opensource project day by day, useless flame-wars et al ;P Btw, loved the bikeshed link to bits, will join my bookmark folder that holds the netettiquete RFC PS: don't take things so seriously -- Daniel Payno Jiménez-Ugarte

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-11 Thread Paul Johnston
October 2010 11:20 To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II) Totally Agree with H, but my regret is about the pet! On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Hernan Saltiel wrote: > I do like Polaris too, but it's a t-shirt b

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-11 Thread Gabriel!
na" < > openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org> > > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:27:45 AM > > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II) > > > > http://www

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Hernan Saltiel
> - Original Message - > From: "Alan Coopersmith" > To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" > Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:27:45 AM > Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II) > > http://www.bikeshed.com/ >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Lou Picciano
Ditto. - Original Message - From: "Alan Coopersmith" To: "Discussion list for OpenIndiana" Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:27:45 AM Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II) http://www.bikeshed.com/ -- -Alan Coopersmit

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Alan Coopersmith
http://www.bikeshed.com/ -- -Alan Coopersmith-alan.coopersm...@oracle.com Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openindiana.org/mai

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Christopher Chan
Gabriel de la Cruz wrote: My "twisted statement" relies on appealing the fact there is no mutual respect, for that you are making great contribution, "grow up"?. Yes. In what way was James' request not polite and lacking respect? If you cannot handle a simple request and have to throw a tantru

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
My "twisted statement" relies on appealing the fact there is no mutual respect, for that you are making great contribution, "grow up"?. On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: > Daniel Kjar wrote: >> >> Perhaps the problem is the mail-list way this is being discussed.  People

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Christopher Chan
Daniel Kjar wrote: Perhaps the problem is the mail-list way this is being discussed. People feel that they 'need' to read these things since they are in their inbox. I too don't see any reason to be impolite or tell people to stop discussing something simply because a person feels that every

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Christopher Chan
At the risk of getting myself moderated/kicked off, I shall continue a bit on this thread. Gabriel de la Cruz wrote: Well, I told a few many times that I am ok with openindiana, and there is no one trying to change anything we are just exchanging ideas an trying to give some new perspectives to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
Thanks Daniel, probably emails are not so pleasant for reading what is not of interest. Sorry if I am picky, I should had ignored the whole thing for the best. BR On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Daniel Kjar wrote: > Perhaps the problem is the mail-list way this is being discussed.  People > fe

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Daniel Kjar
Perhaps the problem is the mail-list way this is being discussed. People feel that they 'need' to read these things since they are in their inbox. I too don't see any reason to be impolite or tell people to stop discussing something simply because a person feels that everything is the best of

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
Well, I told a few many times that I am ok with openindiana, and there is no one trying to change anything we are just exchanging ideas an trying to give some new perspectives to the thing. This is a basic procedure in all creative process. This has nothing to do about "my distro as I like it" or

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Christopher Chan
Gabriel, Grow up. It is pretty clear that few are interested in seeing a name change and I personally like how OpenIndiana connects things back to the roots of Illumos. If you do not like it, you are free to start your own distribution and call it whatever you like. Now if you wanted to cont

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
"OpenIndiana is part of the Illumos Foundation, and provides a true open source community alternative to Solaris 11 and Solaris 11 Express, with an open development model and full community participation." James, shutting up the mouth of others does not fit in that description. Just wanted to hel

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
Ok, if please don't help. no help then. cheers On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM, James O'Gorman wrote: > On 9 Oct 2010, at 17:07, Gabriel de la Cruz wrote: > >> 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

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-10 Thread James O'Gorman
On 9 Oct 2010, at 17:07, Gabriel de la Cruz wrote: > 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. Illumos is the "core". We are a distribution of Illumos. Other distributio

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread BM
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Jesus Cea wrote: > On 08/10/10 21:06, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: >> I'm sure it's been offered already, but has anyone considered "Polaris"? > > That was the codename port of OpenSolaris to PowerPC :). No "OpenPolaris", please. :-) -- Kind regards, BM Things, t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread taemun
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 wrote: > ERRATA: indiana, not indina :-P > I dont disturb again... > :-D > > > On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
ERRATA: indiana, not indina :-P I dont disturb again... :-D On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz 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 f

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
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

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
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 wrote: > Hello, > > Jesus, nice hint, Polaris sounds very nice as a brand, but I am afraid > the patent office wont let u

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
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

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Søren Krarup Olesen
ROB: "Our star" really doesn't sound like much of a brand name to me (sorry), also it has the same google issues. I believe it's ourstar (one word, using "os" as operating system) with the stress on the first syllable--a bit the same rhythm as "avatar" :-) That's going to be an issue. We cou

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Hilman Fathurrahman
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 wrote: On

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Daniel Kjar
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 wrote: > On 10/ 9/10 12:40 AM, Daniel Kjar wrote: > >> I like Polaris, "our star"... not s

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-09 Thread Rob McMahon
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.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-08 Thread Daniel Kjar
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. On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Brett Dikeman wrote: > Initially it was said that "the community" didn't get a chance to > provid

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-08 Thread Brett Dikeman
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 su

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-08 Thread Jason J. W. Williams
Since this is our new "north star" for open Solaris, it seemed appropriate. :) -J On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Jesus Cea wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 08/10/10 21:06, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: >> I'm sure it's been offered already, but has anyone considered

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-08 Thread Jesus Cea
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 08/10/10 21:06, Jason J. W. Williams wrote: > I'm sure it's been offered already, but has anyone considered "Polaris"? That was the codename port of OpenSolaris to PowerPC :).

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" (part II)

2010-10-08 Thread Jason J. W. Williams
I'm sure it's been offered already, but has anyone considered "Polaris"? -J On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen wrote: > Dear all, > > Okay, I gave the name a little thought and came up with > > http://raptus.dk/tmp/logo.svg > > Please ignore the "logo". I was just fooling aroun

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Allan E. Registos
Thursday, October 7, 2010 10:10:24 AM Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > I would have no issue recommending "OpenIndiana" in a board room to a > bunch of pointy-haired-bosses* - it sound

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gary Driggs
On Oct 6, 2010, at 5:41 AM, "Gabriel!" wrote: > OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones. Funny you should say that as the host name for my first OI install is drjones. -Gary ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discu

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread BM
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 11:36 AM, Hillel Lubman wrote: > If you want something unique, you can use unusual languages. Let's say > Quenya. Aureos for example sounds nice (which might hint to SunOS - aure > means "daylight" in Quenya ;). I thought the same. We could find very nice names that could b

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Hillel Lubman
If you want something unique, you can use unusual languages. Let's say Quenya. Aureos for example sounds nice (which might hint to SunOS - aure means "daylight" in Quenya ;). Regards, Hillel. On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:10 PM, BM wrote: > Alasdair, but you know, Ubuntu does not sounds cheap at a

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread BM
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:01 PM, Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > I would have no issue recommending "OpenIndiana" in a board room to a > bunch of pointy-haired-bosses* - it sounds way more corporate than > Ubuntu, FreeBSD or CentOS, which I personally think sound "cheap". > When someone first suggested

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Tom Kranz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tom Kranz wrote a number of vodka-induced typos, including: > I migrated my workstation (an Ultra 20) from OpenSolaris 2009.06 to Except it's an Ultra 24. Sorry Sun, love your kit, but the workstations have always been dull boxes that look alike :-)

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Tom Kranz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bob Hoekstra wrote: > Personally, I'm still using OpenSolaris build 134, not because of the name, > but because I cannot spend time fixing what is my "production" machine. I > need this laptop every day, and I still see the odd comment that convinces

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Tom Kranz
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alasdair Lumsden wrote: > On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz > wrote: > >> So, your question is a good one... is that name enough to "compete" with >> them? > > I would have no issue recommending "OpenIndiana" in a board room to a >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
Hmmm... wasn't the classic motorbike called Indian (chief)??? Am 06.10.2010 um 20:49 schrieb "Paul Johnston" : > On 10/ 6/10 06:10 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: >> Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote: >>> In fact and AFAIK, there _was_ no community other than the persons >>> involved when the name was ch

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Paul Johnston
On 10/ 6/10 06:10 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote: Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote: In fact and AFAIK, there _was_ no community other than the persons involved when the name was chosen as this was before official project launch. I'm with you with the nice "horse-out-of-the-barn" picture. The name is th

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Bob Hoekstra
I want to add my complete support to Brett's comments below. Don't change the name now, or any exposure the product has had to date will be wasted. Besides, there are far more interesting things to discuss than the name. I think this is less important right now than sorting out any remaining probl

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
>And would be a lot harder to find in google searches or register domain >names for. OpenIndiana is unique, Indiana is very very overloaded. Good point! Acando GmbH Geschäftsführer: Michael Mörchen Amtsgericht Hamburg, HRB 76048 Ust.Ident-Nr.:DE208833022 Haftungsausschluss: Diese Nachricht ist

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Alan Coopersmith
Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote: > In fact and AFAIK, there _was_ no community other than the persons involved > when the name was chosen as this was before official project launch. I'm with > you with the nice "horse-out-of-the-barn" picture. The name is there and I'm > not sure if changing it would

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Stefan Müller-Wilken
for logo design ;-) Cheers Stefan. Von: Brett Dikeman [brett.dike...@gmail.com] Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Oktober 2010 18:22 An: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Hillel Lubman wrote: > But

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Brett Dikeman
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Hillel Lubman wrote: > But really - there was no open discussion about the name prior to > OpenIndiana going public. May be now is a good time to make some > contest for the distro name. IMHO (and coming into this as someone with an outsider view, ie no involveme

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Daniel Kjar
Don't feel bad, in the US indiana sounds nice but represents a (crazy) conservative state that tends to produce corn, cows, and very very bad politicians. Was just in Copenhagen, very nice On 10/ 6/10 06:10 AM, Søren Krarup Olesen wrote: ALL: Has there been any discussion about the name

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread eam1
Hi :-) I also think it would be cool to have a mascot representing OpenIndiana, like, a lovable, furry,cute squirrel or something else :-) Regards Edward ___ OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list OpenIndiana-discuss@openindiana.org http://openind

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Hillel Lubman
Hat with the whip then?-) But really - there was no open discussion about the name prior to OpenIndiana going public. May be now is a good time to make some contest for the distro name. Regards, Hillel. On 10/6/10, Kyle McDonald wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > >

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Kyle McDonald
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 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 < > gab

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
As I said earlier, I have no issue with openindiana, and you gave some nice elegance to the whole thing... But questioning is never a bad attitude, specially dealing with taste and meaning. I find no problem in questioning something that I like, if it could bring some new perspectives out. I have

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Brandon Mercer
One thing I really think would help the project is making the website look less like a project and more like a product. Again, this is something that a marketing person would be better able to do, but creating a projection section of the website that is separate from the marketing/product portion o

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Kent Watsen
I think OpenIndiana is a mouthful and trerribly unsexy How about something like "Super Nova" (Sun blows up) Or maybe "Black Hole" (Sun collapses) Just kidding! Totally Agree with Brandon, but maybe we could point someone with Marketing credentials to take this kind of decisions (not me o

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel!
Totally Agree with Brandon, but maybe we could point someone with Marketing credentials to take this kind of decisions (not me of course!). On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Brandon Mercer wrote: > Along with the branding thing... The name isn't a large sticking point for > me at all, and I REAL

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Brandon Mercer
Along with the branding thing... The name isn't a large sticking point for me at all, and I REALLY like the logos, website and presence that the PHB would perceive when they went to investigate the project. Sure it's not complete or matured but the project is new. I look forward to what that will b

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Alasdair Lumsden
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz wrote: > So, your question is a good one... is that name enough to "compete" with them? I would have no issue recommending "OpenIndiana" in a board room to a bunch of pointy-haired-bosses* - it sounds way more corporate than Ubuntu, FreeBSD or C

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
... by the way they broke my heart already, they will need a hell of a sales man to fix that ;-P On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz wrote: > Thats the point, > Convincing, not by knowledge, but with the use of a sales speech. > > I am sure they will make more money than sun, but w

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
Thats the point, Convincing, not by knowledge, but with the use of a sales speech. I am sure they will make more money than sun, but what I mean is that we wont have as many machines around running solaris at that price... data centers in big companies, but not so much in the middle range.. Yes t

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread McBofh
On 6/10/10 10:40 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: Alasdair Lumsden wrote: On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen wrote: 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" i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
oh indi! ;-D On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Gabriel! 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

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Christopher Chan
Gabriel! wrote: OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones. Maybe we can use him as a pet :P With a whip as a leash. :-D 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, a

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel!
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 i

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Christopher Chan
Alasdair Lumsden wrote: On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen wrote: 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 ca

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
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 de

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Paul Johnston
Is it only me who it makes me think of classic motorcycles? Paul -Original Message- From: Alasdair Lumsden [mailto:alasdai...@gmail.com] Sent: 06 October 2010 13:20 To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana" On Wed, Oct 6,

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Alasdair Lumsden
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen wrote: > 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 bei

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Søren Krarup Olesen
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.

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Gabriel de la Cruz
Indiana seems so far away that to me becomes a very exotic name; FOREIGNERS, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US ALONE WITH THE DANES! thats a political statement :-D On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Christopher Chan wrote: > Søren Krarup Olesen wrote: >> >> ALL: >> >> Has there been any discussion about the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

2010-10-06 Thread Christopher Chan
Søren Krarup Olesen wrote: ALL: Has there been any discussion about the name "OpenIndiana" recently. I can surely understand the reason for picking this name, but for a Dane (like me) it comes out a bit clumsy. I've tried to imagine a couple of funny scenarios, like OpenDenmark (Denmark is at l