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

[Marion Hakanson]

kgunders at teamcool.net said:
> But all that is neither here nor there.  The point is that your idea
> was/is lame.

Yeah, but what do you think of my idea?


>  And that your mother probably dresses you funny... 

Not for several decades, she hasn't (:-).


kgunders at teamcool.net said:
> P.S.; In the event it may have been less than obvious... above was intended
> to be taken with a sense of humor ;-P 

Phew, for a minute there I thought you might not entirely agree with me (:-).


> ...Marion Hakanson wrote:
> > I also happen to think "illumos" is an excellent name.  Use it everywhere.

OK, I may have exaggerated a bit.  But I do like the name -- I think it's
a clever play on words, in multiple directions.  And the fact that most of
my immediate family members are well-versed in the Harry Potter stories
probably has nothing to do with it.


kgunders at teamcool.net said:
> I kind of like OpenIndiana, particularly when contracted to
> "oi", as compared to Illumos in that at least it conveys that this is
> supposed to be an "Open" project (although "Open" has been so misused by
> marketroids trying to cash in on the Open Source phenom that in more
> recent times its use has almost become a red flag, particularly
> following the Orcale OpenSolaris fiasco).  

I'm enough of an old Unix geek that I dislike the "Indiana" name's
association with a project that was an attempt to make Solaris more
Linux-like.  I'm also one of those who puts /usr/gnu/bin at the end of the
PATH at install time (yet note that I do not remove it entirely), just so
you know which segment of the target audience I'm in.  Of course, my spouse
is from Indiana, and that relationship is going pretty well, so you never
can tell....

Never mind my opinion, however.  We all know that I have no future in
marketing, nor likely in any popular or for-profit enterprise of any kind.

We now return you to your lameness-free content (:-)....

Regards,

Marion