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! -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
