You will not get any help from the ASF when ir comes to pick a name... As it is virtually impossible to check in all the regions if the name is already taken : we simply don't have the money/time/expertise to do that.
Le lundi 5 janvier 2015, Pierre Smits <[email protected]> a écrit : > It all has to do with the perception we want to create and instil. The ASF > has brand power. The product can and should leverage that, but should also > strengthen it. > > And we have to consider the trade mark issue. While some names might be > easily registered in certain regions, some countries do have a first-come, > first-serve policy. > > Maybe we should solicit the support of ASF Brand Mgt to help us out there? > > Regards, > > > > Pierre Smits > > *ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>* > Services & Solutions for Cloud- > Based Manufacturing, Professional > Services and Retail & Trade > http://www.orrtiz.com > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 10:56 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Le 04/01/15 16:23, Shawn McKinney a écrit : >> > On 01/04/2015 03:28 AM, Pierre Smits wrote: >> >> I believe hey are names for a different application area than >> Authentication, Authorization and Security. >> > +1 to that notion. >> > >> > On 01/04/2015 03:28 AM, Pierre Smits wrote:> And that is playing field >> we deliver our solutions in. An area that is not only visited (worked in) >> by developers, but also auditors and other kind of assessors. And these >> persons don't get the inside jokes. They go for trustworthiness and >> reliability. And when the name of the product doesn't instil that from the >> start, it will have a steeper hill to climb. >> > Pierre and I on the same page. >> I do agree that kerby could be seen as a weaker solution than a full >> kerberos server. >> >> Now, the thing is to fine a name that is not 'funny', but is not already >> taken. Really, when it comes to security, all the names that come to >> mind (like safeguard, safhaus, etc) are already used. >> >> Add to that we need a name that is easy to remember, and convey the >> right message. Or not : we can find a 'boring' name which is easy to >> remember, and is not at all linked to kerberos : car manufactorer does >> that all the time for their car (even if sometime it's not really great >> : Audi just advertise a new car called e-tron, which literally means >> 'turd' in french ;-). >> >> So let's start with some suggestion : what do you propose ? >> >> > -- Regards, Cordialement, Emmanuel Lécharny www.iktek.com
