[OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: "OpenIndiana"

[Brett Dikeman]

On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Hillel Lubman <shtetldik at gmail.com> 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
involvement in the project other than as a relatively new user), the
horse is out of the barn.  The time for a new name was when the brand
was established - all the coverage the project received.  Also, the
name makes sense and thus communicates what it is reasonably well.

Changing the name will throw all that coverage right out the window
and confuse people.  Maybe it is a shame the name was chosen without
more community input, but it doesn't negate the problems with a name
change right now.

I suggest having some fun with mascots or code names for releases, but
urge leaving the project name alone for a bit, until the project has
some history and a mind&market share.

-B