[OpenIndiana-discuss] branding for illumos/openindiana

[Kent Watsen]

"Open Indiana" is a goofy name, even considering its history, but the 
acronym is OK.

Similar to how Kentucky Fried Chicken is now KFC, can we consider 
emphasizing "oi"?

Graphics for "oi" would be easy to make look sharp for a nice "out of 
the box" experience


On 6/21/11 5:00 AM, peter jones wrote:
> Oi is easally transferable across cultures..a new beginning is about
> aligning to todays market..clearly there is an issue about building brand
> associations..it was surely the intent to look at marketing after the distro
> had undertaken a certain amount of devlopment?
>
> On 21 Jun 2011 00:53, "Blake"<blake.irvin at gmail.com>  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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