Evan Prodromou wrote:
>
> My original reason to keep these two names separate was selfish; I 
> didn't want to dilute the value of the Identica name by letting 
> everybody use it. I now think that that was a mistake, and that it will 
> help Laconica spread if we use the same name. Any publicity for 
> Identica-the-site becomes publicity for Identica-the-software.
> 
> -Evan


I was sort of against the name change, but I can see the reasoning.

The one issue I see is that thing need to be CLEAR... As in, you wil 
need clear definitions of what is what, marketing materials, if you 
will, so people know what you are talking about. Going back to 
WordPress, if someone says "I have a WordPress blog" does it mean they 
host their own copy of WordPress, or use the hosted version?

Maybe "identi.ca" should be the web site we use at http://identi.ca/ and 
and the software should be called "Identica" (upper-case, no period.) So 
really it would be renaming "Laconica" to "Identica" then.

This can work... but avoiding confusion would be critical.


Pete


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