Am Samstag, 27. Juni 2015, 15:34:42 schrieb Martin Schlander:
Fredag den 26. juni 2015 11:57:25 skrev Greg Freemyer:
On June 26, 2015 8:08:19 AM EDT, Simon Lees
wrote: 2020 openSUSE leap wont convay what the distro is about which is presumably stability etc thats why oak probably still makes more sense,
I disagree. 42 is based on SLE and SLE releases security releases routinely, then leaps forward every SP or full release. Leap is an appropriate name for the long term.
Come on now.
These potential yearly service pack "leaps" will be much, much smaller than the leaps every mainstream distro will be doing every six months.
Even "the big leap" undertaken every 3-5 years will only bring openSUSE to a place 1-2 years behind every mainstream distro.
Calling it "leap" is ironic at best, and almost a direct lie, at least it's very much out of touch with what the rest of the world will be doing. One of the criteria for the name should be that it actually says something truthful/meaningful about the distro.
Nobody would be lying or misleading customers if he named a product "Leap". Or would it be a lie or "ironic" if you named the next release "Oak" because what people download is - to their surprise - not a tree? Whether you call it "Leap", "Step" or "Oak" is just freedom of choice. Marketing is not about telling the "truth" or telling lies either. In my book it's about finding better solutions to customers problems and then communicate your message effectively. And for that - among other things - you have to implant certain ideas into your (potential) customers minds. One classic example for the power of a name is the Ford "Edsel". It was a complete disaster. Not because the car was bad. It was no worse than others. It was just because of the name. On the other hand, the Ford "Mustang" was a huge success - and still is. Guess why. I agree that ideally the name should capture the essence of what the product is about. In that respect "Oak", "Rock" and "Leap" may all be not perfect. But all have their merits. I think that "Leap" is just snappier, more unusual and good to build a story around. And as I've said - you could also see it as the acronym for L ongterm support E nterprise-grade stability A daptable to different needs (The chameleon! The openSUSE-Logo!) P owerful software selection Not a bad mnemonic, me thinks. Almost a concept. Or would you see any lies in that? Rainer -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org