[ogb-discuss] [indiana-discuss] I'm sorry, but I just don't get it

[Jonathan Edwards]

On Nov 2, 2007, at 10:42, Bill Sommerfeld wrote:

> On Fri, 2007-11-02 at 13:16 -0400, Ian Murdock wrote:
>> I don't even know where to begin.
>
> You should start with the choice of name.
>
> Names are very important.

I don't agree Bill .. this focus on names and renaming and rebranding  
that seems to keep cropping up every couple of years around here  
looks (to me) more like a cult that keeps changing it's name in order  
to disassociate with their bad history and confuse new converts .. if  
we're not fixing the underlying process problems, masking it with a  
name change really doesn't do anything but expose the same sets of  
problems while exponentially adding new ones .. don't get me wrong,  
Open[ing] Solaris - absolutely huge, but arguing about what can be  
named OpenSolaris[TM] is almost like arguing about someone else named  
"Bill" (hmm .. wild Bill[TM] Hickok is souring my good name) and  
fearing that "Bill" the person might be confused with "bill" the  
financial statement i just got in the mail, or maybe that "Guy" the  
person[TM] is confused with "guy" what Guy really is ..

language is really about use (apologies to wittgenstein), and naming  
should really wash out into usage .. call it "oscar odd couple  
release" for all i [we?] care .. as long as we're talking about the  
same thing and the underlying bits are good it'll develop a life of  
it's own without all this pointless name wrangling

just my $2 (inflation you know)
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.je