[immigrants-discuss] Re: Welcome one and all!

[Stefan Parvu]

--- Ben Rockwood <benr at cuddletech.com> wrote:

> Stefan Parvu wrote:
> 
> >Actually I kind of don't like the name (immigrants)
> ... Are you offering Solaris Green Cards too ?
> >A better name would have been Migration.
> >  
> >
> This points was made when the proposal was presented
> several months 
> ago.  Please review that discussion on OS-Discuss
> for the full scoop.
> 
> Beyond that, as stated in the announcements,
> "migration" has a certain 
> conentation associated with it that we don't want. 
> Frankly, neither 
> name is quite right imho, but when I was pressed for
> something better I 
> came up blank.  We're trying to not only provide a
> new community but 
> also to set a diffrent tone for that community and
> boring old 
> "migration" doesn't fit it.  In particular,
> migration implies formal 
> commitment, your moving from one thing to another. 
> Immigrant, on the 
> other hand, implies someone starting down a path,
> checking it out as 
> they go, but free to come or go as they please. 
> This group isn't just 
> for people moving from RHEL to Solaris, is also for
> people running 
> Gentoo who want to check out OpenSolaris to see what
> the buzz is about, 
> or FreeBSD users to see what OpenSolaris can offer,
> etc, etc.

just kidding... When you see first the name you think
something else ... 


> As for green cards... I'm sure Sara could arrange
> something for us.  
> Thats a pretty good idea actually.  I'll look into
> it! :)

Hehe, that might be a good idea, I think.

Cheers,
Stefan