Paul,
This is a very good point and it has crossed my mind on occasion, then
again it is a name that has a lot brand equity invested in it. I think
that I personally am not that wed to this name, but I have not heard any
name suggested that I like better, if we want to change the name then
lets put forth some more candidates and IF we find a name that we like
better, then consider switching. Or empower a team to do the naming that
we can all get behind. This is not in fact an easy thing to do as anyone
in a product business should know. And it is harder to do for multiple
products that overlap and/or compete.
It might be easier to do if we used made up word names like automobile
names (Integra) or where you smash two words or concepts together to
make a name the implies both the attributes to the product. Developers
tend to like utilitarian or acronym type words as seen from the bulk of
suggestion so far and my own laziness about naming software.
Anyway, just some additional thoughts.
-Steve W.
Paul Spencer wrote:
Has anyone else noticed that a common sentiment that MapServer is not a
particularly great name? It seems the core developers, in particular,
are not that invested in the name. Seems weird that the community is
working so hard to defend something that the 'owners' are not even that
sure they want to keep. This is just an observation, not a new
argument :)
Cheers
Paul
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Gary,
I simply think that trying to rename the MapServer project is
detrimental
to the project, and I've really appreciated that you're more
sensitive to
this than most of the open letter signers. I'm not in love with the name
MapServer by any means, but it would best be left unchanged both for the
health of the project and to provide some continuity from the existing
MapServer community. Frankly, I don't care what the foundation is
named so
long as it doesn't trample on any other open source project or
foundation.
cheers,
Sean
Sean,
Would moving MapServer from UMinn to the, say, "Open Source Geospatial
Foundation" be asking for trouble compared to putting it into the
"MapServer Foundation"? If not, why not?
Gary
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Attila,
I have customers who have been equally confused by this project name
churning. A foundation could be a good thing, but trying to rebrand
MapServer at the same time is asking for trouble.
cheers,
Sean
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