Paul, My point is that IMO changing an imperfect name can be *much worse* than keeping it. Did you not get this from my email, or are you being purposefully obtuse?
Merry Christmas, Sean > 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 > > On 23-Dec-05, at 7:52 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> 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 >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Thu 12/22/2005 6:05 PM >>> To: Attila Csipa >>> Cc: [email protected]; >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Subject: Re: [MSF-Discuss] Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Autodesk product >>> naming poll >>> >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> discuss mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://lists.mapserverfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> discuss mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://lists.mapserverfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Paul Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > |Applications & Software Development | > |DM Solutions Group Inc http://www.dmsolutions.ca/| > +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ > > > > >
