I've been following the Open-ILS / Evergreen development for a long while, and I'm just starting to get my feet wet with a test installation.
For what it's worth, I agree with Brandon :-) -David Christensen On 8/8/08, Sharp, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Karen, > > To add my two cents, I agree with Brandon that the Open-ILS "brand" > could continue to be used in certain parts of the development project. > The fact that Evergreen is open source was also a big draw for me > getting involved with all this, and having that word "open" in there > somewhere prominently would keep that association "up front," so to > speak. As to retiring "open-ils" as the domain - that's probably a good > idea, since Evergreen is now a well-known brand in itself. > > Chris Sharp > PINES System Administrator > Georgia Public Library Service > 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 > Atlanta, GA 30345-4304 > (404) 235-7147 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Evergreen Discussion @ Group > Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is it time to begin retiring > open-ils.org? > > Karen, > It is a good idea to do the evergreen-ils.org to better represent the > software > being discussed/supported. However, I think 2 things are also > important: > 1. Don't use multiple domains. That'll just get confusing over the long > run. > Redirecting the existing domain is a good idea but use > xxxxxx.evergreen-ils.org > where xxxxxx is "www" or other host names depending on the application. > (www, > test, staging, irc and so on as needed). That'll maintain brand > recognition. > 2. keep OpenILS somehow related to the name. At least for me one of the > key > "selling" points is that the software is totally open and available. > This should > continue to be part of the brand. Maybe the name of the software should > be > "Evergreen: an OpenILS". > > That's my 2 US Cents worth. > > RobertC > > On Thu Aug 7 16:23 , 'Karen G. Schneider' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent: > > >When I got involved with Evergreen one of my questions was "What is > >'open-ils'?" I found out it was an early name for the software code > that > >would become Evergreen. > > > >I've been asking various people in the Evergreen community for a few > >weeks, "What do you think about the idea of retiring 'open-ils'... for > >example, moving to evergreen-ils.org (and have it also respond > >toevergreenils.org, and redirect from open-ils.org), eventually > renaming > >the lists, IRC channels, etc.?" We reserved both domain names, by the > >way. So far everyone I've talked to likes the idea (or at least agrees > >with it). But that's still a small group of people. > > > >So now I'm surfacing the question to this list. What do you think? Is > it > >time to have our web address, etc. reflect the name, Evergreen? I know > >my own reasons for preferring the change (my early name was Pooh Bear, > >but nobody except my mother calls me that any more...and you can't > >Google me up that way), but I'm just one voice in the community. > > > >(Incidentally, open-ils will probably never really "go away"--it's > >embedded in parts of Evergreen's code. So we'd have that nostalgic > >connection.) > > > >-- > >| Karen G. "No, you cannot call me Pooh Bear" Schneider > >| Community Librarian > >| Equinox Software Inc. "The Evergreen Experts" > >| Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712 > >| E-Mail/AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >| Web: http://www.esilibrary.com > > > > > > -- WARNING: You are logged into reality as root....
