On Tue, 21 Sep 2010, David W. Hodgins wrote: > On Mon, 20 Sep 2010 19:15:05 -0400, Lawrence A Fossi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> It's inevitable that Mageia would be claimed on some accounts.. a quick >> Google turned up 1 US business 1 guy on Twitter >> and a second with JA-Mageia..all on page 1 of the search >> http://sites.google.com/site/johnwellssr/home > > Ouch! Is this a show stopper for the name mageia? > http://mageia.com/
No, it's not a problem. It is not the same domain at all, there is no confusion possible between the two. > > The domain was registered in 2001, with the ownership hidden > by Domains by Proxy. The sites.google.com, and the > "Recent Site Activity" link on mageia.com shows it's > being maintained by "John Wells Sr". > > Note that the logo consists of the site name in a stylized > script, with the phrase "Isn't it magic", as the "future Web > home for Mageia Minerals of Chassell, Michigan". The site > consists of a single page hosted on sites.google.com. The > recent activity indicates it was all created July 26th, 2010. > > While mageia.org is not the same as mageia.com, I expect > a lot of users are going to accidentally go to the wrong > site. When you type "mageia" on google, mageia.org is already the first result, so I don't think it will be a big problem. Nicolas _______________________________________________ Mageia-discuss mailing list [email protected] https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-discuss
