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

[Brandorr]

On 11/1/07, Simon Phipps <webmink at sun.com> wrote:
> [reducing scope to OGB-discuss]
>
> On Nov 1, 2007, at 15:37, Alan Burlison wrote:
>
> > Simon Phipps wrote:
> >
> >> Sounds a device calculated to lead to an early "no" vote to me -
> >> reminds
> >> me of an earlier controversy.
> >
> > And this sounds like exactly the same argument that you tried to
> > use in
> > that case to avoid bringing the issue to some sort of resolution,
> > and as
> > a result it rumbled on and on.
>
> Your view. I see it differently. The then-OGB voted prematurely, in
> my absence, on the assumption I would in some way "block" something.
> As others have stated, premature optimisation is the enemy of
> excellence.

For those of us that weren't a part of this, please explain the backstory.

> If you want a vote, have it in January after the heat has dissipated
> and we have experience to feed wisdom.

I felt that delaying the vote was the best path, as I wanted to give
Indiana an opportunity to grow into it's proposed role as a "community
distro". (It will give the community a chance to kick the proverbial
Indiana tires, suggest and incorporate community feedback and give
time for Sun to move development and building of the Indiana distro
out from behind Sun firewalls.)

However, because Sun has forced the issue by unilaterally declaring
that Indiana is OpenSolaris, a vote is needed now. (Whether that is
for the Indiana name, or for Trademark and branding as a whole).

-Brian
>
> S.
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- Brian Gupta

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