I agree with everything Phill has said there :) On Wed, Nov 26, 2014 at 9:36 AM, Ali Linx (amjjawad) <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi all, > > Just to keep everyone in the loop, please read: > > -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Missed check up Date: Wed, > 26 Nov 2014 03:21:52 +0000 From: Phill Whiteside <[email protected]> > <[email protected]> To: [email protected], Ali Linx > <[email protected]> <[email protected]> > > Hi, > > I'm the proud owner of kibo.computer This was bought in all honesty not > knowing of your more convoluted name. > > Having been on the receiving end of cyber squatters, I'd be happy to > hand it over to you at cost price (I think ~ 20USD) and the new team can go > choose a name that does not confuse you with them. > > The team is a bunch of F/OSS people (some quite qualified) who'd like to > earn a bit of money on spare time. > > It's really odd how these things happen, you offer DB, Ali is aoffereng > a more complete service. I've cc'd him. You two should really have a chat. > > Regards, > > Phill. > > -- > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > > > http://www.kibocomputers.co.za/ > > Yes. We were so excited. We didn't check. You can totally blame me for > this one. > > Now, what are the options we have before we make the official launch of > the project? > > 1. Wait until we get a reply from http://www.kibocomputers.co.za/ > 2. No need to wait and try to come up with another name. > 3. Why? we could use www.amjjawad.net - who cares what is the name of > the website that is offering a service? I mean, a client will click on a > link, find the service, pay, etc. > > Yes, the project is mine. No, I can't or don't want to be a dictator. > There was a valid reason why I asked you all to join because I do believe > in the power of WE instead of the weak I that can't do much without WE. > > > If I have to share my opinion before anyone else, I'd recommend to go for > www.amjjawad.net for now for these main reasons: > > 1. Kibo is the name of the project. It does not matter whether its > website hold the same name or different one. > 2. http://www.kibocomputers.co.za/ might start a legal battle (or may > not) against us and we can't go that route neither now nor any other time. > Neither we have money for a legal stuff nor time. > 3. www.amjjawad.net is up and running already, we just need to update > the website and convert it from pure personal website to a website for Kibo > Services and Products (Kibo Project). > 4. Kibo now is a baby. Kibo is just a project (business/profit) at > this stage; I call it Phase 1. Once we can move safely to Phase 2, we can > worry about other stuff like name, etc. IMHO, once we are on Phase 2 where > Kibo will migrate from a project to a company, we might need different > setup anyway. So, why to waste our time and think about names, etc? > > > So, what do you think?! > > > -- > Remember: "All of us are smarter than any one of us." > Best Regards, > Ali/amjjawad <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/amjjawad> > http://torios.org - StartUbuntu <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/StartUbuntu> - Ubuntu > GNOME <http://ubuntugnome.org/> - http://amjjawad.net > -- Jonathan Aquilina
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