[OpenIndiana-discuss] [illumos-Discuss] branding for illumos/openindiana

Matt Connolly matt.connolly.au at gmail.com
Tue Jun 21 21:09:16 UTC 2011


On 21/06/2011, at 3:54 PM, Ken Gunderson <kgunders at teamcool.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 23:03 -0600, Ken Gunderson wrote:
>> On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 19:58 -0700, Marion Hakanson wrote:
>>> 
>>> I also happen to think "illumos" is an excellent name.  Use it everywhere.
>> 
>> Uhmmmm... Excuse me, but what have you been smoking?  Drinking, maybe?
>> I think Illumos is a pretty lame name, nothing against the people who
>> chose it.  I kind of like OpenIndiana, particularly when contracted to
>> "oi", as compared to Illumos in that at least it conveys that this is
>> supposed to be an "Open" project (although "Open" has been so misused by
>> marketroids trying to cash in on the Open Source phenom that in more
>> recent times its use has almost become a red flag, particularly
>> following the Orcale OpenSolaris fiasco).  
>> 
>> But all that is neither here nor there.  The point is that your idea
>> was/is lame.  And that your mother probably dresses you funny...
>> 
>> 
> 
> P.S.; In the event it may have been less than obvious... above was
> intended to be taken with a sense of humor ;-P
> 
> -- 
> Regards-- Ken Gunderson

Odd sense of humour, Ken... :/


More information about the OpenIndiana-discuss mailing list