Un-googlable
Serious question: has anyone considered changing the name of this project? Finding information about kvm on the web is extremely frustrating due to the enormous number of pages related to KVM switches and the heavily overlapping target audience (people who want to run multiple OSes). I figure a name change would be good for reducing the developer support burden as well as for your users. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Un-googlable
On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:27 PM, David Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Serious question: has anyone considered changing the name of this > project? Finding information about kvm on the web is extremely > frustrating due to the enormous number of pages related to KVM switches > and the heavily overlapping target audience (people who want to run > multiple OSes). I figure a name change would be good for reducing the > developer support burden as well as for your users. I don't think it is such a big issue. The first time I googled for any kvm-specific info, I got frustrated, that's true. But then I just started typing "Kernel Virtual Machine", and everything went fine. Furthermore, we're not the first word with (at least) double meaning in the world. At least there's (apearantly) no porn meaning for it. > > -- > Dave Abrahams > BoostPro Computing > http://www.boostpro.com > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Glauber Costa. "Free as in Freedom" http://glommer.net "The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act." -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Un-googlable
on Sat Aug 16 2008, "Glauber Costa" wrote: > On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 9:27 PM, David Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Serious question: has anyone considered changing the name of this >> project? Finding information about kvm on the web is extremely >> frustrating due to the enormous number of pages related to KVM switches >> and the heavily overlapping target audience (people who want to run >> multiple OSes). I figure a name change would be good for reducing the >> developer support burden as well as for your users. > > I don't think it is such a big issue. The first time I googled for any > kvm-specific info, > I got frustrated, that's true. But then I just started typing "Kernel > Virtual Machine", and everything > went fine. Really, everyone types out that long phrase when asking questions? Seems somehow unlikely (notice that I didn't). That said, I'll be trying that next. > Furthermore, we're not the first word with (at least) double meaning > in the world. No, but as I said, the target audience (and application area) overlaps so heavily that even adding other relevant search terms usually doesn't eliminate the chaff. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Un-googlable
David Abrahams wrote: Serious question: has anyone considered changing the name of this project? Yes. Finding information about kvm on the web is extremely frustrating due to the enormous number of pages related to KVM switches and the heavily overlapping target audience (people who want to run multiple OSes). I figure a name change would be good for reducing the developer support burden as well as for your users. In many ways kvm is a horrible choice. I'm not sure a name change is possible at this stage, though. I've thought of 'slice' (which rhymes nicely with some Qumranet products, and so may not be the first choice for other kvm developers), but that may not be the googliest name either. Perhaps one day the distinction between kvm and linux will disappear, and the hypervisor will be known simply as 'Linux'. -- I have a truly marvellous patch that fixes the bug which this signature is too narrow to contain. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Un-googlable
David Abrahams wrote: on Sat Aug 16 2008, "Glauber Costa" wrote: Furthermore, we're not the first word with (at least) double meaning in the world. No, but as I said, the target audience (and application area) overlaps so heavily that even adding other relevant search terms usually doesn't eliminate the chaff. I seem to recall from back when some half-baked software known as "windows" which was introduced by that name despite existing software at the time using the same moniker. Doesn't appear to have impacted its viral propagation in the world too much. Give it some time. I think it is a safe bet for the hypervisor by that name to be more ubiquitous than the like named console multiplexer box. -john -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Un-googlable
on Sat Aug 16 2008, Avi Kivity wrote: > In many ways kvm is a horrible choice. I'm not sure a name change is > possible at this stage, though. > > I've thought of 'slice' (which rhymes nicely with some Qumranet > products, and so may not be the first choice for other kvm > developers), but that may not be the googliest name either. No, and I can't claim to have come up with anything apt. > Perhaps one day the distinction between kvm and linux will disappear, > and the hypervisor will be known simply as 'Linux'. Thanks for a thoughtful answer, Avi. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Un-googlable
On Saturday 16 August 2008 06:45:55 pm David Abrahams wrote: > on Sat Aug 16 2008, "Glauber Costa" wrote: > Really, everyone types out that long phrase when asking questions? No, I type "kernel kvm" or do "kvm -switch" to remove pages that talk about KVM switches. I have also thought the name to be unfortunate, but you just need to ask Google a better question. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Re: Un-googlable
David Abrahams wrote: > Serious question: has anyone considered changing the name of this > project? Finding information about kvm on the web is extremely > frustrating due to the enormous number of pages related to KVM switches > and the heavily overlapping target audience (people who want to run > multiple OSes). Try this: http://www.google.com/linux Jurrit -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
