[advocacy-discuss] [indiana-discuss] [osol-discuss] [trademark-policy-dev] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

[Ian Murdock]

James Carlson wrote:
> Jim Grisanzio writes:
>> Joerg Schilling wrote:
>>
>>> I have no problem if Sun would start to publish something called:
>>> "Sun OpenSolaris ...."
>> Why would "Sun OpenSolaris" make sense? Actually, that expression has 
>> been used (incorrectly) in the media, and it's only added to the 
>> confusion. Also, isn't it a benefit for the distros to share in the use 
>> of the brand?
> 
> I think it makes a lot of sense, by analogy to Linux.  You can't
> "install Linux" -- without getting an immediate "which one?" question.

You see this as a feature? Spend any time trying to build products
for or around "Linux", and you'll quickly start to see it as a bug.

-ian
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