[advocacy-discuss] [osol-discuss] Project Indiana and the OpenSolaris name

[Shawn Walker]

On 31/10/2007, Alan Burlison <Alan.Burlison at sun.com> wrote:
> Shawn Walker wrote:
>
> >> They've already made the naming announcement, and there has been no
> >> announcement of a vote.  How is that *not* a fait accompli?
> >
> > That's a rather fatalistic view.
>
> I prefer 'factual view' myself.

Yes, let's play word games, it's so much fun! :D

> > To me, I didn't see a naming announcement. What I saw was a project
> > going forward with an early prototype having chose a tentative name
> > for it until the community gets their collective posteriors in gear
> > and makes a final decision.
>
> Has the community been asked to make a final decision?

The community would have to get their collective posteriors in gear
and help finish the branding and trademark usage guidelines first.
Then we can have a decision. How about that?

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