> On 8/18/06, Raquel Velasco and Bill Buck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Hi, given the press lately from IBM on OpenSolaris it seems the >> moment to release the code for Power and call it simply what it is: >> OpenSolaris on Power. We have supported the diligent effort of Sun >> Labs and enthusiastic preparatory Blastware ambitions for over a >> year. Polaris has been the community chosen name for the port, but >> the trademark issues related to Solaris have made it necessary to >> reevaluate the name on the advent of the release. Polaris gave us >> direction during the incubation period. With all the current fanfare >> let's push code the code out right in the middle of the limelight. >> The OpenSolaris on Power name makes the point. Let's call it that. >> >> Sun Microsystems doesn't share control of it with outsiders? >> OpenSolaris on Power here we come. The timing for "Power" could not >> be better. The new logo is out and there are plenty of new t-shirts >> to go around in the good Sun tradition: >> >> http://www.power.org/motion >> >> Of course, all OpenSolaris on Power participants will have one of >> those from us. FYI, Genesi will be promoting OpenSolaris at >> Power.org as a Member of the Power.org BoD. In fact, a new Technical >> Subcommittee is in formation. Genesi will chair the Software >> Applications TSC and you can be sure Linux and OpenSolaris will share >> equal footing. Pieter Van Den Abeele will be the Chairman. Pieter >> joined the OpenSolaris Pilot Project with Genesi in December 2004. >> >> R&B :) > > I have quite a lot to say on the subject, but, unfortunately, so > little time right now. So I keep it short. > > I see no reason to change the name - as far I know we never talked/discusses > distribution and its name. Polaris was coined as a name for the project. > It is the same thing as various project's names Sun is using internally > and recently externally. (example: the 64 bit port of Solaris was > named project Wayoming) > > At this point we are so far from working system that discussing naming > problems for the future distribution seems to be rather meaningless. > Of course people are free to do so if they want, but it seems to me that > Pteam @ Sun can find significantly more important things to apply their > energy than worrying about trademark issues for nonexistent distro. > > Just my thoughts.Not trying to offend anyone. >
In my opinion the name "thumper" should have drawn fire from an army of Walt Disney land sharks. But it didn't. If I were to start a new and funny comic about a Black Hatted Rat that engages lots of silly animal friends in comical situations probably no one would notice. Until we realize that the Black Hatted Rat looks virtually identical to Mickey Louse, the mouse we never talk about. "Polaris" looks a lot like what ? A Ski-Doo brand name that is prolific up here in Canada ? A computer consulting company in New York ? Really, we can think of it as a code name but then rename the actual distro when we at least have the code from SunLabs. Dennis Clarke _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
