On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:24 AM, Gavin McDonald <[email protected]>wrote:
> You misunderstood, > > the project name becomes the subdomain name associated with the website > > there is no project called ‘ooo’ so ‘ooo.apache.org’ will not be accepted. > What about http://ofbiz.apache.org/ for Open for business project. I am sure nobody will call that "Off biz". And if they do, it wouldnt be that beneficial marketing wise, sound like out of business. Also, these rules seem a bit archaic, it should be accepted whatever makes sense. Domain names and brands are not the same thing, because domains have restrictions on itself... like this one. > > Also, we would not redirect away from the *.apache.org domain, if > anything, it > would be the other way around. > Apologies for top posting, one of the sins of replying to html email. > > Gav… > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Alexandro Colorado > Sent: Tuesday, 12 July 2011 5:58 PM > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog) > > > On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:41 AM, Gavin McDonald <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Marcus (OOo) [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, 12 July 2011 5:11 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: OpenOffice.org (was Re: Ooo blog) > > > > > Am 07/12/2011 08:55 AM, schrieb Pavel Janík: > > >> It seems to me that a lot of the problem arises in keeping the > > development project and the product brand names exactly the same. > > > > > > Another proposal: > > > > > > Product name: OpenOffice.org. > > > > > > Project name: Apache OpenOffice.org. > > > > > > I'm strongly against mixing OOo and OO here. > > > > +1 > > > > Keep it simpe for the users and don't make any possibility for > > misunderstandings. > With domain names for ALL Apache projects coming under the > pattern of $projectname.apache.org how you propose that > would work if Apache OpenOffice.org is the project name? > > (only openofficeorg.apache.org springs to mind if you intend to > keep org in the project name) > > (And a shocking name that becomes imho) > > Thanks > > Gav... > > Since apache will own the openoffice.org domain you can as easily put a > redirector from http://ooo.apache.org to http://apache.openoffice.org > > > > > > > Marcus > > > > -- > Alexandro Colorado > OpenOffice.org Español > http://es.openoffice.org > > -- *Alexandro Colorado* *OpenOffice.org* Español http://es.openoffice.org
