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

[Brandorr]

On 11/1/07, John Plocher <John.Plocher at sun.com> wrote:
> Joerg Schilling wrote:
> > This is also a good example as "gimme a screwdriver" has the same level
> > of incompleteness as "gimme OpenSolaris".
>
> The Linux world asserts that this is a feature.  Do you see it as a
> bug or a feature for OpenSolaris?
>
> If it is a bug (as I believe), how do we fix it?

John this reads as if you believe the existence of Nexenta, Shillix,
MartUX and Belenix are bugs? If so, I don't think it's the best way to
get your point across to Joerg. ;)

> If you don't think it is a bug, then we will have to agree to disagree.
> I don't believe this disagreement is necessarily fatal to our ability to
> work together.

John, in our trademark discussions you stated that OpenSolaris should
not be used as a standalone noun. As in Joerg's screwdriver analogy.
Am I missing something.

-Brian

>
>    -John
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