> we could just as well call it something generic like the "OpenSolaris Desktop"
I don't agree with that at all. Indiana uses a product called the GNOME desktop for its desktop. It isn't anywhere near the stage of having an audience (like the physically or mentally handicapped) that needs simplified names for applications and systems. Calling GNOME anything other than GNOME not only does a disservice to GNOME, but it also complicates the product. It complicates the product for users (what happens when a user looks for support for something that only exists in name? How long until they google the fact that JDS=OSD=GNOME, if ever?), it complicates the product for developers (Hi there I'm an OpenSolaris Desktop developer. I develop GNOME?), and it complicates the product in an unforeseeable number of unforeseen ways. Did the people who chose to name the GNOME-at-Sun project the Java Desktop System understand how their choice would be dropped like a rock in 2007? I really believe in having reasons for doing things. Vanity or "because we can" doesn't do it for me. So unless you have a stellar reason to call a cigar an OpenSolaris Medium Smoke Tube, I say quickly forget the notion and move on. -- This message posted from opensolaris.org _______________________________________________ indiana-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/indiana-discuss
