[OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

[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.delacruz at 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 <sko at 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
>>>
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