Questions: - Who takes the final decision on the name and When?? - Are there going to be voting? or put in another way, how will our input on this list influence the decision?? - Have the NAMES for the been narrowed down to "Fedora" and "Fedora Linux" ?? i dont have any problem with either Fedora or Fedora Linux Have nu year to all Regards Amaechi Mgbeoji Fedora Ambassador, Nigeria ----- Original Message ---- From: Leo To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:44:20 AM Subject: [Fedora-marketing-list] Re: Red Hat's Fedora to Get Longer Support * Stephen Krenzel (2007-01-11 02:54 -0500) said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I have to agree with Susmit. "Fedora" is clean and appealing. "Fedora > Linux" doesn't quite have the same ring to it, I am saying if we were to name it Fedora Linux, we should use GNU/Linux as GNU is actually the core of the system. > and I personally feel that there is no need at all to have GNU > anywhere in the name. A lot of people deserve credit for what makes > Fedora run, no need to single out any one entity. It's not about credit anyone. It is about protecting our freedom of using software. > "Linux" has taken on an entirely different meaning than just "the > kernel" these days. But it is just the kernel. How people understand it is another matter. > Used in different contexts, people think of linux as either just the > kernel or as all of the components that generally run on top of it > as well to make the operating system "complete". Regardless, my > recommendation would be to just make the name "Fedora". Regards, > Steve -- Leo (GPG Key: 9283AA3F) -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
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Questions:
- Who takes the final decision on the name and When??
- Are there going to be voting? or put in another way, how will our input on this list influence the decision??
- Have the NAMES for the been narrowed down to "Fedora" and "Fedora Linux" ?? i dont have any problem with either Fedora or Fedora Linux
Have nu year to all
Regards
Amaechi Mgbeoji
Fedora Ambassador, Nigeria
----- Original Message ----
From: Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:44:20 AM
Subject: [Fedora-marketing-list] Re: Red Hat's Fedora to Get Longer Support
From: Leo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:44:20 AM
Subject: [Fedora-marketing-list] Re: Red Hat's Fedora to Get Longer Support
* Stephen Krenzel (2007-01-11 02:54 -0500) said:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I have to agree with Susmit. "Fedora" is clean and appealing. "Fedora
> Linux" doesn't quite have the same ring to it,
I am saying if we were to name it Fedora Linux, we should use
GNU/Linux as GNU is actually the core of the system.
> and I personally feel that there is no need at all to have GNU
> anywhere in the name. A lot of people deserve credit for what makes
> Fedora run, no need to single out any one entity.
It's not about credit anyone. It is about protecting our freedom of
using software.
> "Linux" has taken on an entirely different meaning than just "the
> kernel" these days.
But it is just the kernel. How people understand it is another
matter.
> Used in different contexts, people think of linux as either just the
> kernel or as all of the components that generally run on top of it
> as well to make the operating system "complete". Regardless, my
> recommendation would be to just make the name "Fedora". Regards,
> Steve
--
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)
--
Fedora-marketing-list mailing list
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> I have to agree with Susmit. "Fedora" is clean and appealing. "Fedora
> Linux" doesn't quite have the same ring to it,
I am saying if we were to name it Fedora Linux, we should use
GNU/Linux as GNU is actually the core of the system.
> and I personally feel that there is no need at all to have GNU
> anywhere in the name. A lot of people deserve credit for what makes
> Fedora run, no need to single out any one entity.
It's not about credit anyone. It is about protecting our freedom of
using software.
> "Linux" has taken on an entirely different meaning than just "the
> kernel" these days.
But it is just the kernel. How people understand it is another
matter.
> Used in different contexts, people think of linux as either just the
> kernel or as all of the components that generally run on top of it
> as well to make the operating system "complete". Regardless, my
> recommendation would be to just make the name "Fedora". Regards,
> Steve
--
Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com> (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)
--
Fedora-marketing-list mailing list
[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list
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