On 05/31/2010 03:07 PM, a.l.e wrote: > - it may not be easy to get create.org > > yes, create is a great name, but we need the domain name attached to it!
Just a side note for the discussion: the domain issue need not be a dealbreaker when discussing the name of the project. Of course, having create.org would be fab, but createfoundation dot org, or even creategraphicsassociation.org (note: exaggeration) doesn't seem that confusing or hard to type. As a snarky example, 0100101110101101.org is an artist collective whose absolutely unmemorizable domain name didn't keep them and their website from getting popular and famous. Obviously it's good to have a simple and clear url, but the actual relevance of the project will be a much bigger driver of pageviews than a 6-letter domain name. Finally, i did read somewhere that most people seem to look for a site by googling its name (or even its url! the horror) -- most of the less-than-geeky people i know do this. So again, it's relevance that should be the priority for the project and its website in order for it to be known. Other than that, +1 to Create Foundation/Association/*. It's a very good (and catchy) name, with enough identity to be associated with graphics but vague enough to give some leeway to future broadening of the project's scope. And it avoids the usual pitfalls of arguments around 'free' vs. 'libre', or 'graphics' vs. 'art' vs. 'design'. Cheerio, :r _______________________________________________ CREATE mailing list [email protected] http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/create
