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

[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<robmcmahoncv at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>>   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.  OpenIndiana is just fine, it's out there, and it's getting
>> noticed.
>> Type OpenIndiana into google.  250,000 hits already, all relevant (well,
>> okay the first few pages are, I haven't checked all 250,000 results).  It's
>> made el Reg, PC world, various linux websites, ...  Change the name now and
>> you'll scupper that momentum.
>> Do the same with Polaris.  16,000,000 hits.  Snowmobiles, the star,
>> missiles, quad bikes, clothes, insurance, ...  Besides, it was already taken
>> by the port of OpenSolaris (R.I.P.) for the PowerPC port.
>> "Our star" really doesn't sound like much of a brand name to me (sorry),
>> also it has the same google issues.
>> That's going to be an issue.  We could spend months arguing back and forth
>> and waste time that could be spent on content.
>> Let's move on.
>>
>> Rob
>>
>>   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 substance, like a
>>>> skinnable mp3 player written in Scheme with a Fortran decoder? :)
>>>>
>>>>
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