Love it. Get away from the WhateverDB thing. Just stake out an arbitrary
mark from which we build clear, unambiguous IP.
My proposal (as long as we are brainstorming names):
Eight Ball
Tagline: Whatever you do. Don't get more eight ball!
More seriously, yes, a name change has lots of problems. But it is worth
re-considering Noah's point that now is the best time to do it, if it is to
be done.
On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote:
> I've been wanting to rename it SleepyDB for a while now. (cf. Max
> Ogden's SLEEP protocol.)
>
> On 30 October 2014 11:43, Kevin Coombes <kevin.r.coom...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Definitely -1 on changing the name. It's already "cooked" into everything
> > associated with the project. There are links (and hard copy references)
> to
> > the name and the web site(s) all over the place. How long do you want to
> be
> > forced to maintain DNS or HTTP entries to forward users from the current
> > names to whatever you might pick for new ones?
> >
> > I would be perfectly happy to see a new logo however. And the last time I
> > looked, there were a lot more colors than just red or blue....
> >
> > Kevin
> > On Oct 30, 2014 6:11 AM, "Brad Noble" <br...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> >
> >> *SyncDB*
> >> The database that syncs.
> >>
> >> Logo would embody that idea.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> [image: Inactive hide details for Jason Smith ---10/30/2014 04:40:26
> >> AM---On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Noah Slater <nslater@apache
> ]Jason
> >> Smith ---10/30/2014 04:40:26 AM---On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Noah
> >> Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > Blue is nice. :) But the
> >>
> >> From: Jason Smith <jason.h.sm...@gmail.com>
> >> To: "dev@couchdb.apache.org" <dev@couchdb.apache.org>
> >> Date: 10/30/2014 04:40 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Improved CouchDB logo
> >> ------------------------------
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Blue is nice. :) But then that tempts me to change the name too. I
> >> > mean, if we're ever going to do this, now is the time. It's important
> >> > to note though that we have a very STRONG brand, and changing it in a
> >> > big will be expensive.
> >> >
> >>
> >> Change the name! Change the name!
> >>
> >> Like all transitions, it seems scary. But once it's done we will all
> wonder
> >> what we were so worried about.
> >>
> >> The brand is strong, but the question is, how much of that strength can
> we
> >> keep, and how much do we lose.
> >>
> >> I think we will keep nearly all of it, plus we will get tons of
> attention
> >> with a 2.0 release and name change. And as if that already isn't
> enough, we
> >> get the opportunity to walk away from a ton of branding baggage and
> >> trademark problems.
> >>
> >> Change the name!
> >>
> >>
>
>
>
> --
> Noah Slater
> https://twitter.com/nslater
>
