[indiana-discuss] Re: [indiana=discuss] Name of Distro?

[Brian Gupta]

On 6/20/07, Eric Boutilier <Eric.Boutilier at sun.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007, Anil Gulecha wrote:
> > Just wondering.. is indiana a codename (like longhorn) or is it the
> > name of the distro?
>
> Personally, I'd be strongly opposed if the actual distro name were decided
> by fiat rather than collaboratively -- even for an alpha release.
>
> So to me, Indiana is the project name.
>
> >
> > If not, do let us know so we can think of fun names :)
> >
>
> I think everyone agrees that if the OpenSolaris Community and Sun can
> hammer out an agreement on using the word OpenSolaris for this effort, it
> would simply be called. "The OpenSolaris Distro".
>
> Though I also like the point you're making too. Having a catchy name is a
> good thing for spreading awareness.
>
> Then I suppose the download link would say something like:
>
> FooBar, The OpenSolaris Distro.


Alert the media, the name of the new OpenSolaris distro will be Foobar. ;)

brian

P.S. - Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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