Can you get off my lawn with your theoretical marketing discussions please? This is a development list. It was fun for a while, but this has gotten out of hand!
Henne
This isn't my battle, and I really don't care at all about it. I like openSuSE and I like SLES. The fact that they're apparently from separate organizations doesn't matter at all to me. But people are being kind of mean to each other about it, which isn't ok. If there really is this much ire caused by outsiders thinking that they're part of the same organization, then having the name and logo so similar seems extremely counter-intuitive, and getting all up in arms about it won't solve anything at all. Thinking from the perspective of a consumer, who doesn't know (or really even care about) the inner workings of such things -- Apple TV Apple Watch Apple iPhone Apple iPod Apple iPad Apple Macintosh If Apple split apart and moved their iDevices line into a wholly separate organization that didn't want to be considered a derivative of the Apple corporation, then the new organization would have to drop the "Apple" name and logo. Otherwise, someone would logically assume that an Apple iFridge with the same logo placed smack dab on the front was connected to the same Apple that makes the Apple Macintosh. It just makes sense, especially in today's copyright-litigous world. Cases in point: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/05/apple-sues-woolworths-ove_n_309450... https://creativepro.com/apple-sues-over-logo-again/ https://thelogocompany.net/blog/design-news/apple-sues-chinese-food-logo/ https://gizmodo.com/5059881/apple-sues-school-for-using-the-same-fruit-in-a-... If folks at openSuSE are so concerned that people know that they are separate from SuSE, and so aggravated that folks are getting confused about it, then they need to change the name and logo. Otherwise, they need to understand that people will be confused by the name and logo being so similar, and will draw the logical conclusion that the two are connected. If it's that big of a deal, change the logo and the name. Otherwise, it's so ridiculous that people are getting so up in arms about logical conclusions.-- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org