> > OK. So here's a sincere call for input. > > Here's the rub. Regardless of who made the mistake of > suggesting it, I liked the name and agreed that we would go > with it, so I'll take responsibility for MSE. > > On the back of that, we - what can now be seen as the TSC-x > cabal + 1 ADSK person - started drifting from foundation > names that had more umbrella-like characteristics like > osgis.org, mapcommunity, maptools, etc. and towards something > that focuses on what we were putting out together. Based on > the fact that both products were named MapServer in the root, > we went with "MapServer Foundation". > > Now let's assume we change the name back to MapGuide. Why > would I now want to cripple any hope of adoption by anybody > by putting it in a foundation (that I helped name) that > highlights one map serving product over another? >
So you're comparing MapGuide to MapServer? Maybe I should have given MSE more of a chance. After downloading, reading the huge build/install documentation, I reverted to good old ./configure && make. ..Tom > So far the community is showing more common sense than we > were on this, so I'm interested to hear your opinions. > > Gary >
