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

[Magnus]

I've been reticent to say anything as a newcomer, but a six syllable name doesn't exactly roll off the tip of the tongue. Not to mention, any relevance to "Indiana" is probably lost upon a broader audience. 

"Open" is pretty played out as a prefix.

The whole thing should be two, maybe three syllables at most. Pfft. Done.

I'll still use it even if it's called Antidisestablishmentarianix. But it'll be a tough sell to the boss.

(PS I was in this same discussion years ago when a Linux distribution changed its name from cAosity to CentOS. I think you know the rest.)

-M


On Jun 20, 2011, at 8:10 PM, Blake wrote:

> :)
> 
> Clearly this is the sort of thing that the OpenIndiana group must choose to
> do, if they agree.  I'll reiterate - I love OpenIndiana, and I want it to be
> easily name-dropped and recognizable to even the hobbyist crowd.  These are
> the folks who can help fix things in userland and the GUI.  If we really
> want mindshare, that is.
> 
> 
> Blake
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Garrett D'Amore <garrett at damore.org> wrote:
> 
>> You're not alone.
>> 
>>       - Garrett
>> 
>> On Mon, 2011-06-20 at 16:53 -0700, Blake wrote:
>>> Does anyone besides me feel that we need a more unified
>>> naming/branding approach for the community-driven descendants of
>>> OpenSolaris? I feel that the there is no obvious connection (for those
>>> new to the platform) between Illumos/OpenIndiana, which I think is
>>> counterproductive given that OpenIndiana is sort of the 'Fedora Core'
>>> of Illumos.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Some possible names:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Illumos Live
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Illumos Core
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Illumos [version_number] - [adjective] [animal]
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> (kidding about the last one)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> I think OpenIndiana is great, I just don't think that the name
>>> 'Indiana' means anything to anyone and isn't very memorable.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Blake
>>> _______________________________________________
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>> 
>> 
>> 
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