Am Montag, 3. Juni 2019, 13:20:44 CEST schrieb Ancor Gonzalez Sosa:
On 6/3/19 11:59 AM, Simon Lees wrote:
Do you think openSUSE should change it's name?
Again keeping it short, No, the board has been given quite some guarantee we will be able to continue to use openSUSE as long as we need / want. If that was to ever change and we no longer could i'd be all for creating a "fork" to a new name based off, "openSUSE is changing its name because it's working relationship with SUSE has come to the point were we feel we can no longer share the same name". This would generate more then enough press that whatever we change to will become instantly recognised, it would equally create enough bad press for SUSE that they would consider whether the choice is wise. But until that point comes hopefully it never does i'm all for keeping the existing name it is known and represents everything the project is so well
I agree. Despite the practical reasons given by Richard, I feel changing the name is fixing something that is not broken.
+1
It's a disruptive change that could send a message of bad relationship or a loss of trust between SUSE and openSUSE. No matter how you word the public announcement, most people will get it as a breakup.
The potential of hurting the public image of SUSE and openSUSE overweights the practical reasons by far, in my opinion.
Changing the brand (not only the name) is a process that requires a massive and well conducted communication plan. Companies spend millions in this - I would rather see this money spend on development (assuming we have it, which I know is not the case) - the perception of the new brand in the market is not guaranteed.
I have seen many open source projects changing their names over the years, and I don't think any of those name changes have boosted or improved the corresponding project in any significant way.
As others have pointed out, SUSE is the oldest distro in the market, so the brand is well known. That has always a negative side ('some 15 years ago I had a graphic card that was not working with SUSE' and other gossip) as people have a certain image in mind. We as a community feel very different about that - good relationships and fun on what we do, using the best toolchain in the market. The question 'What does openSUSE stands for' has to be defined first (board started the discussion already internally). I see the legal implications Richard pointed out, I see as well that some major computer mags in Germany are constantly ignoring openSUSE (instead enthusiastically reporting about 'fresh new distros' every couple of weeks, just to notice that development has stopped some more month later...), but I still feel the brand perception of openSUSE in general is positive and reliable. So..redesign yes, rebranding no My 2c Axel -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org