Ok, if please don't help. no help then.
cheers
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 2:59 PM, James O'Gorman ja...@netinertia.co.uk wrote:
On 9 Oct 2010, at 17:07, Gabriel de la Cruz wrote:
I like as well other variations such as Indiana CORE. That will work
if we intend this distro to be the mother-ship
OpenIndiana is part of the Illumos Foundation, and provides a true
open source community alternative to Solaris 11 and Solaris 11
Express, with an open development model and full community
participation.
James, shutting up the mouth of others does not fit in that description.
Just wanted to
Gabriel,
Grow up. It is pretty clear that few are interested in seeing a name
change and I personally like how OpenIndiana connects things back to the
roots of Illumos. If you do not like it, you are free to start your own
distribution and call it whatever you like.
Now if you wanted to
Thanks Daniel,
probably emails are not so pleasant for reading what is not of interest.
Sorry if I am picky, I should had ignored the whole thing for the best.
BR
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 4:38 PM, Daniel Kjar dk...@elmira.edu wrote:
Perhaps the problem is the mail-list way this is being
' with
openindiana? This list is about openindiana. Notice the
openindiana-discuss name. When it has become clear that no one is
seriously interested in changing the name and then someone asks you to
drop it, you come back and attack the person. It is obvious then that
you are not 'okay' with openindiana
My twisted statement relies on appealing the fact there is no mutual
respect, for that you are making great contribution, grow up?.
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 5:31 PM, Christopher Chan
christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk wrote:
Daniel Kjar wrote:
Perhaps the problem is the mail-list way this is
Gabriel de la Cruz wrote:
My twisted statement relies on appealing the fact there is no mutual
respect, for that you are making great contribution, grow up?.
Yes. In what way was James' request not polite and lacking respect? If
you cannot handle a simple request and have to throw a tantrum,
http://www.bikeshed.com/
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-Alan Coopersmith-alan.coopersm...@oracle.com
Oracle Solaris Platform Engineering: X Window System
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Ditto.
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From: Alan Coopersmith alan.coopersm...@oracle.com
To: Discussion list for OpenIndiana openindiana-discuss@openindiana.org
Sent: Sunday, October 10, 2010 11:27:45 AM
Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: OpenIndiana (part II)
http
Sorry, I thought I was replying to this 'thread'. You are right about the
googling though. Nobody else would ever use the name openindiana for
anything, ever.
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 5:50 AM, Rob McMahon robmcmaho...@gmail.com wrote:
On 10/ 9/10 12:40 AM, Daniel Kjar wrote:
I like Polaris,
ROB:
Our star really doesn't sound like much of a brand name to me (sorry),
also it has the same google issues.
I believe it's ourstar (one word, using os as operating system) with
the stress on the first syllable--a bit the same rhythm as avatar :-)
That's going to be an issue. We could
Hello,
Jesus, nice hint, Polaris sounds very nice as a brand, but I am afraid
the patent office wont let us make a trademark for an OS with that
name, as there is only 1 letter difference... that will be acceptable
if we choose different classes of goods to be named with it, we could
name
By the way, the gray should be darker because of readability, sorry, I
don't have the tools I need with me right now.
BR
On Sat, Oct 9, 2010 at 7:07 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz
gabriel.delac...@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
Jesus, nice hint, Polaris sounds very nice as a brand, but I am afraid
the
Sorry, another comment, about our user base,
It should be very easy to make the trademark transition, this has
happen successfully on products that has been in the market for more
than 10 years.
In our case we just need to bond the domain names properly, ect... and
keep the openindiana around for
LuminOS (or some variation thereof, LumiOS) seems to me to be an obvious
contender. Shortens to Lumi. Follows on from (perhaps too closely) Illumos.
On 10 October 2010 03:15, Gabriel de la Cruz gabriel.delac...@gmail.comwrote:
ERRATA: indiana, not indina :-P
I dont disturb again...
:-D
On
I'm sure it's been offered already, but has anyone considered Polaris?
-J
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 12:32 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen s...@es.aau.dk wrote:
Dear all,
Okay, I gave the name a little thought and came up with
http://raptus.dk/tmp/logo.svg
Please ignore the logo. I was just fooling
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On 08/10/10 21:06, Jason J. W. Williams wrote:
I'm sure it's been offered already, but has anyone considered Polaris?
That was the codename port of OpenSolaris to PowerPC :).
Since this is our new north star for open Solaris, it seemed appropriate. :)
-J
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 1:16 PM, Jesus Cea j...@jcea.es wrote:
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On 08/10/10 21:06, Jason J. W. Williams wrote:
I'm sure it's been offered already, but has anyone
I like Polaris, our star... not so much.
Very useful for celestial navigation so there is some 'meaning'. Polaris
really does sound great as a name for the OS.
On Fri, Oct 8, 2010 at 3:49 PM, Brett Dikeman brett.dike...@gmail.comwrote:
Initially it was said that the community didn't get a
ALL:
Has there been any discussion about the name OpenIndiana recently. I
can surely understand the reason for picking this name, but for a Dane
(like me) it comes out a bit clumsy.
I've tried to imagine a couple of funny scenarios, like OpenDenmark
(Denmark is at least three times smaller than
Søren Krarup Olesen wrote:
ALL:
Has there been any discussion about the name OpenIndiana recently. I
can surely understand the reason for picking this name, but for a Dane
(like me) it comes out a bit clumsy.
I've tried to imagine a couple of funny scenarios, like OpenDenmark
(Denmark is at
Indiana seems so far away that to me becomes a very exotic name;
FOREIGNERS, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE US ALONE WITH THE DANES!
thats a political statement :-D
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Christopher Chan
christopher.c...@bradbury.edu.hk wrote:
Søren Krarup Olesen wrote:
ALL:
Has there been
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen s...@es.aau.dk wrote:
Yes, I know all that, but I believe that legacy can be carried on in an
elegant way without being influenced by e.g. the Indiana project.
Besides, the term Open is more or less superflous these days; people
care about
Is it only me who it makes me think of classic motorcycles?
Paul
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From: Alasdair Lumsden [mailto:alasdai...@gmail.com]
Sent: 06 October 2010 13:20
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Subject: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: OpenIndiana
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08
I think it is the right time for that kind of questions, as otherwise
it will be too late.
Openindiana is not a totally sexy brand name, ok to go, but...
Indiana was working well as a codename for opensolaris, so it would
work well for example to refer to all the 1.0 releases, or to identify
the
Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen s...@es.aau.dk wrote:
Yes, I know all that, but I believe that legacy can be carried on in an
elegant way without being influenced by e.g. the Indiana project.
Besides, the term Open is more or less superflous these
OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones.
Maybe we can use him as a pet :P
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Gabriel de la Cruz
gabriel.delac...@gmail.com wrote:
I think it is the right time for that kind of questions, as otherwise
it will be too late.
Openindiana is
Gabriel! wrote:
OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones.
Maybe we can use him as a pet :P
With a whip as a leash. :-D
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Gabriel de la Cruz
gabriel.delac...@gmail.com wrote:
I think it is the right time for that kind of questions, as
oh indi!
;-D
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Gabriel! gbense...@gmail.com wrote:
OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones.
Maybe we can use him as a pet :P
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Gabriel de la Cruz
gabriel.delac...@gmail.com wrote:
I think it is the right
On 6/10/10 10:40 PM, Christopher Chan wrote:
Alasdair Lumsden wrote:
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:08 PM, Søren Krarup Olesen s...@es.aau.dk wrote:
Yes, I know all that, but I believe that legacy can be carried on in an
elegant way without being influenced by e.g. the Indiana project.
Besides,
Thats the point,
Convincing, not by knowledge, but with the use of a sales speech.
I am sure they will make more money than sun, but what I mean is that
we wont have as many machines around running solaris at that price...
data centers in big companies, but not so much in the middle range..
Yes
... by the way they broke my heart already, they will need a hell of a
sales man to fix that ;-P
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 3:54 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz
gabriel.delac...@gmail.com wrote:
Thats the point,
Convincing, not by knowledge, but with the use of a sales speech.
I am sure they will make
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Gabriel de la Cruz
gabriel.delac...@gmail.com wrote:
So, your question is a good one... is that name enough to compete with them?
I would have no issue recommending OpenIndiana in a board room to a
bunch of pointy-haired-bosses* - it sounds way more corporate
Along with the branding thing... The name isn't a large sticking point for
me at all, and I REALLY like the logos, website and presence that the PHB
would perceive when they went to investigate the project. Sure it's not
complete or matured but the project is new. I look forward to what that will
Totally Agree with Brandon, but maybe we could point someone with Marketing
credentials to take this kind of decisions (not me of course!).
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:04 AM, Brandon Mercer
yourcomputer...@gmail.comwrote:
Along with the branding thing... The name isn't a large sticking point
As I said earlier, I have no issue with openindiana, and you gave some
nice elegance to the whole thing...
But questioning is never a bad attitude, specially dealing with taste
and meaning. I find no problem in questioning something that I like,
if it could bring some new perspectives out.
I
Hat with the whip then?-)
But really - there was no open discussion about the name prior to
OpenIndiana going public. May be now is a good time to make some
contest for the distro name.
Regards,
Hillel.
On 10/6/10, Kyle McDonald kmcdon...@egenera.com wrote:
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Don't feel bad, in the US indiana sounds nice but represents a (crazy)
conservative state that tends to produce corn, cows, and very very bad
politicians.
Was just in Copenhagen, very nice
On 10/ 6/10 06:10 AM, Søren Krarup Olesen wrote:
ALL:
Has there been any discussion about the
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Hillel Lubman shtetl...@gmail.com wrote:
But really - there was no open discussion about the name prior to
OpenIndiana going public. May be now is a good time to make some
contest for the distro name.
IMHO (and coming into this as someone with an outsider
.
Von: Brett Dikeman [brett.dike...@gmail.com]
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 6. Oktober 2010 18:22
An: Discussion list for OpenIndiana
Betreff: Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] The name: OpenIndiana
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 10:32 AM, Hillel Lubman shtetl...@gmail.com wrote:
But really - there was no open
Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote:
In fact and AFAIK, there _was_ no community other than the persons involved
when the name was chosen as this was before official project launch. I'm with
you with the nice horse-out-of-the-barn picture. The name is there and I'm
not sure if changing it would
And would be a lot harder to find in google searches or register domain
names for. OpenIndiana is unique, Indiana is very very overloaded.
Good point!
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I want to add my complete support to Brett's comments below. Don't change
the name now, or any exposure the product has had to date will be wasted.
Besides, there are far more interesting things to discuss than the name. I
think this is less important right now than sorting out any remaining
On 10/ 6/10 06:10 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote:
In fact and AFAIK, there _was_ no community other than the persons involved when the name
was chosen as this was before official project launch. I'm with you with the nice
horse-out-of-the-barn picture. The name is
Hmmm... wasn't the classic motorbike called Indian (chief)???
Am 06.10.2010 um 20:49 schrieb Paul Johnston paul.a.johns...@manchester.ac.uk
:
On 10/ 6/10 06:10 PM, Alan Coopersmith wrote:
Stefan Müller-Wilken wrote:
In fact and AFAIK, there _was_ no community other than the persons
On Oct 6, 2010, at 5:41 AM, Gabriel! wrote:
OpenIndiana remainds me the opensource version of Indiana Jones.
Funny you should say that as the host name for my first OI install is drjones.
-Gary
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I would have no issue recommending OpenIndiana in a board room to a
bunch of pointy
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