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

[Jake]

I totally agree. OpenIndiana describes the distro quite well, since it is the opensource bits of the Solaris Indiana release; but the reference is totally lost to anyone not familiar with what OpenSolaris was. 

I think a Sun reference would be fitting.   

EclipseOS maybe?

Can we put up a page on the wiki to record suggestions and vote on it after we get a few?

Jake

On Jun 20, 2011, at 8:44 PM, Magnus <magnus at yonderway.com> wrote:

> 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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