Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-05 Thread Stephan Richter
On Friday 03 February 2006 15:11, Jeff Shell wrote: I'm trying to think of other examples where people have produced a new brand name by adding a version number.  MacOS X?  PlayStation2?  I'm I agree. Apple was able to get the message out that Mac OS X = Mac OS 10 = A totally different

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Alen Stanisic
On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 11:54 +0100, Lennart Regebro wrote: On the name change idea, I think it's just gonna make things more confused. What, there is now Zope 2, Zope 3 AND Zope Zingo? I think the idea was Zope 3.2 Zingo, Zope 3.4 Bingo, not Zope Zingo :) This way it would be clear it is

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Tonico Strasser
Alen Stanisic wrote: On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 11:54 +0100, Lennart Regebro wrote: On the name change idea, I think it's just gonna make things more confused. What, there is now Zope 2, Zope 3 AND Zope Zingo? I think the idea was Zope 3.2 Zingo, Zope 3.4 Bingo, not Zope Zingo :) This way it

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Lennart Regebro
On 2/3/06, Alen Stanisic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the idea was Zope 3.2 Zingo, Zope 3.4 Bingo, not Zope Zingo :) Well, all we do then is making funny release code names. That's not clarifying the difference between Zope 2 and Zope 3 at all... This way it would be clear it is Zope 3.

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Maik Ihde
Does this make sense? It's only a small rebrand (and the Zope3 stays intact) and an assembly of components that already exist. Basically, you can use this occasion as a coming out party... Zope3 is here, and we're for real. YESSS! Zope3 - imho - has a really big marketing Problem at the

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Alec Munro
On 2/3/06, Tonico Strasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alen Stanisic wrote: On Fri, 2006-02-03 at 11:54 +0100, Lennart Regebro wrote: On the name change idea, I think it's just gonna make things more confused. What, there is now Zope 2, Zope 3 AND Zope Zingo? I think the idea was Zope

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Martin Aspeli
Lennart Regebro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 2/2/06, Stephan Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My sense from the sprint is that developers here use Zope 3 on its technical merits and not its marketing ones. Which is why we should market those strengths better. On the name change idea,

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Martin Aspeli
Lennart Regebro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 2/3/06, Alen Stanisic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the idea was Zope 3.2 Zingo, Zope 3.4 Bingo, not Zope Zingo :) Well, all we do then is making funny release code names. That's not clarifying the difference between Zope 2 and Zope 3 at

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Reinoud van Leeuwen
On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 01:07:57PM +, Martin Aspeli wrote: Max M [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Not calling it Zope would be a mistake, but how about adding a qualifier to the name. Like microsoft did with Windows NT I think that's what the suggestion is all about. eg. Zope DR aka

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Behrang Dadsetan
On 2/3/06, Reinoud van Leeuwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 01:07:57PM +, Martin Aspeli wrote: Zope-TNG (The Next Generation) springs up my mind. And it is a good description of what it is really about. The problem with TNG is how will you call the rewrite of Zope 3 ?

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Martin Aspeli
Lennart Regebro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But having a name that signifies that there is something a little more than a new major-version release going on here would go a long way in giving people something to fix their minds on. Not if that name changes with every release, becuase

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Maik Ihde
Not if that name changes with every release, becuase then people will see it as a release code name, because that's what it will be. Absolutely - we seem to be on the same page. :) The branding needs to be consistent and carried forward, until such time we refactor the whole thing

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Jim Washington
Martin Aspeli wrote: Lennart Regebro [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But having a name that signifies that there is something a little more than a new major-version release going on here would go a long way in giving people something to fix their minds on. Not if that name changes with

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Martin Aspeli
Reinoud van Leeuwen reinoud.v at n.leeuwen.net writes: On Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 01:07:57PM +, Martin Aspeli wrote: Max M maxm at ... writes: Not calling it Zope would be a mistake, but how about adding a qualifier to the name. Like microsoft did with Windows NT I think

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Klaus Bremer
Ursprüngliche Nachricht Fri, 3 Feb 2006 12:42:13 + von: Martin Aspeli [EMAIL PROTECTED] with an appropriate branding (e.g. a logo derived from the Zope logo and a new website to drum up excitement and get people started quickly). Both the Zope and 3 parts should stay in the picture.

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Benji York
Klaus Bremer wrote: Giving zope 3 an own website has the problem that some www.zope3.tlds are already owned by others. Resolving that problem would be a good task for the Foundation. BTW: zope3.org and zope3.com are owned by Zope Corp. and I would assume are being transfered to the

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Florent Guillaume
Florent Guillaume wrote: Martin Aspeli wrote: Zope 3.2 Zalza (how many more lame names can we come up with?) Zope 3 / Rebirth is the lame name I'd vote for :) Or Zope 3 / Renaissance, if french names are still trendy. Florent -- Florent Guillaume, Nuxeo (Paris, France) Director of RD

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Andreas Zeidler
On Fri, Feb 03 17:24, Encolpe Degoute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zope 3 / Revolution ? well, how about Zope3, Reloaded for all the matrix fans out there? :) but seriously, imho an additional name part can add something, but it's by far not as important as a rather impressive web-site. i've

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Shane Hathaway
Andreas Zeidler wrote: On Fri, Feb 03 17:24, Encolpe Degoute [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Zope 3 / Revolution ? well, how about Zope3, Reloaded for all the matrix fans out there? :) The idea of release code names adds a little spice. Most people like spices on their food, so why not on

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Miklós Prisznyák
(how many more lame names can we come up with?)Zope 3 / Rebirth is the lame name I'd vote for :) Florent Hm, Zope 3 / Renassaince sounds posh :-) and it's also a good excercise in spelling :p (except for the French-speaking like yourself) Regards, Miklós -- Miklós

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Jim Fulton
Jegenye 2001 Bt (Miklós Prisznyák) wrote: (how many more lame names can we come up with?) Zope 3 / Rebirth is the lame name I'd vote for :) Florent Hm, Zope 3 / Renassaince sounds posh :-) and it's also a good excercise in spelling :p (except for the French-speaking like

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Stephan Richter
On Friday 03 February 2006 05:38, Maik Ihde wrote: So what can we do about it? I think conducting interviews with people developing pure Zope 3 applications and Five based applications would help. I can provide you with an initial list of people, if you like. Pull out a Website about Z3 in a

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Stephan Richter
On Friday 03 February 2006 08:48, Jim Washington wrote: The vision includes a new trademarked tagline (Invent the Future) and a new logo incorporating the tagline. http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/story.php?relyear=2006itemno=53 We could do something similar: Zope 3: Excellence in Web Component

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Paul Everitt
I vote for Joel as Omnipotent Message Autocrat. Man, this is the most fun we've had around here in a while. Joel, I agree a lot with your points. A whole lot. I'll add to your list some other things, but that's a useless quibble. I also think the OS X Tiger codename thing could pay off,

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Jeff Shell
On 2/3/06, Graham Stratton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lennart Regebro wrote: Not if that name changes with every release, becuase then people will see it as a release code name, because that's what it will be. I agree. Personally I don't think this name change/extension is necessary. We've

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-03 Thread Alexander Limi
On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 10:16:56 -0800, Joel Moxley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip / Zope 3, the Chuck Norris release. I like it. ;) -- _ Alexander Limi · Chief Architect · Plone Solutions · Norway Consulting · Training ·

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-02 Thread Martin Aspeli
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 18:00:04 -, Stephan Richter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Joel, I hope your app is season-ready. :-) On Thursday 02 February 2006 11:50, Joel Moxley wrote: Does this make sense?  It's only a small rebrand (and the Zope3 stays intact) and an assembly of components that

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-02 Thread Martin Aspeli
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 16:50:30 -, Joel Moxley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've followed the Guido blogs/discussion loosely. As a relative newcomer, this is my first real experience with the Python community's confusion of Zope2 and Zope3. I've seen on the list that people have been

Re: [Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-02 Thread Stephan Richter
On Thursday 02 February 2006 15:07, Martin Aspeli wrote: Those very   same Plone and Zope 2 developers will be more likely to push towards Zope   3 if they feel others are using it, are convinced it has a future, and are   convinced they will be able to collaborate with developers on unrelated

[Zope3-Users] Re: Please Guido, pick me, pick me!

2006-02-02 Thread Alexander Limi
On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 08:50:30 -0800, Joel Moxley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've followed the Guido blogs/discussion loosely. As a relative newcomer, this is my first real experience with the Python community's confusion of Zope2 and Zope3. I've seen on the list that people have been