[OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

[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
of the site would go a long way. Hope this is helpful.
Cheers,
Brandon

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:18 AM, Kent Watsen <kent at watsen.net> wrote:

>
> 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 of course!).
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Brandon Mercer
>> <yourcomputerpal at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>  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
>>> bring. Make sure you allow as many lies and misperceptions as every other
>>> "enterprise" product so as not to be outdone! ;)
>>> Cheers,
>>> Brandon
>>>
>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Alasdair Lumsden<alasdairrr at gmail.com
>>>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz
>>>> <gabriel.delacruz at gmail.com>  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 CentOS, which I personally think sound "cheap".
>>>> When someone first suggested CentOS to me as an alternative to RHEL, I
>>>> was like "What?!". But over the years CentOS has gained an excellent
>>>> reputation and I have no doubt that installations of it exceed those
>>>> of RHEL significantly.
>>>>
>>>> Perhaps I'm biased as I essentially chose the name, but I don't see an
>>>> issue with it. The biggest grumbles seemed to come from oldschool
>>>> bearded UNIX types who haven't gotten over /usr/gnu/bin being put at
>>>> the front of their PATH and who view Ian Murdock as the harbinger of
>>>> doom and all things evil.
>>>>
>>>> The fact is we live in a world where every decent dictionary word is
>>>> in use by somebody, somewhere. *.com, *.net and *.org are taken. Heck,
>>>> in the UK/Europe we have some large banks called Smile and Egg. :-)
>>>> Sometimes you have to make tough choices. Although OpenIndiana is not
>>>> as sexy a name as "Solaris", the fact is, it was available and seemed
>>>> a pretty good choice.
>>>>
>>>> If your bosses genuinely make business decisions based on trivialities
>>>> such as what something is called, then you probably have bigger
>>>> organisational issues than what OS your servers run :-P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointy-haired_Boss
>>>>
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