After looking at that SXDE setup screen example with the Sun brand at the 
bottom and the Solaris brand at the top, I'd rip through Indiana and switch 
every instance of the Sun Microsystems logo to be the OpenSolaris logo.  Then 
I'd switch every instance of the Solaris logo to be a temporary "Project 
Indiana /n PROOF OF CONCEPT" logo.

More:

I'd donate the Solaris "rays" brand to OpenSolaris and create a new logo 
consisting of an "S" with the Solaris rays around it, and stamp that on the 
gnome menu instead of the Java "cup".  If you're lucky you have an artist who 
is able to make "S with rays" look both attractive and like "O + S with rays" 
(Open and Solaris and the rays) at the same time.

I'd start a lively public discussion (on forums outside of this one) about what 
the heck an OpenSolaris reference distribution should be named, if anything.  
"OpenSolaris [fill in this blank]" or just "OpenSolaris" are the two likely 
choices.

I'd get clarification on what license OpenSolaris will be using in the future.  
Sticking with CDDL versus switching to GPLv3 versus ...etc will affect the 
dynamic and atmosphere of the project to the point where it could affect the 
branding.

Forget edge desires like RSS on the desktop.  Let the distro innovators 
innovate, don't be the marketing group that sells stuff on the desktop.

That said, ship Indiana with a desktop directory of useful internet shortcuts.  
Link to the latest OpenSolaris manpage, link to the http GUIs for the local 
SWAT, Webmin, and ZFS smcserver servers.  Have a directory of interesting ZFS 
links, another of interesting DTrace links, another of interesting SunStudio 
C++ links, another of interesting Netbeans 6 links.  These are things that 
Solaris is good at, AND they just happen to be connected to Sun.  Have the 
community choose these links.

And finally, possibly the most important technical issue: it makes sense for 
the OpenSolaris distro constructor to have pointers to OpenSolaris-owned 
branding so that it can change said branding.  You guys own OpenSolaris, the 
distro constructor, the installer, the desktop login screen, wallpaper, 
screensaver art...  So why not tie it all together, into the distro 
constructor?  The "Why not?" is "More work", while the "Why?" is "Less work" 
and "Time saving is a selling point."  

Brand art changing in the distro constructor would make maintaining Indiana 
easier.  It would make maintaining Solaris easier.  It would make building new 
distros easier for new developers.  It would sell Sun partners on how easy it 
is to create a custom product and inject their own branding.  I don't know 
about you, but I just sold myself on the idea!
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