Don't count on that. SUSE is the corporate brand. It is owned by Novell and will continue to be. It is a strong brand and we're lucky to be allowed to connect to it through adding 'open' in front. Besides, I personally like the 'open' part. Name change - you can discuss as long as you want but that won't happen in the next 5 years. Sad (maybe) but true (absolutely).
Frankly I couldn't agree more and I'm relieved to hear this - I'm still getting used to not spelling it SuSE... people don't like change and I think rebranding would waste a heck of a lot of energy and actually be counterproductive in the short term. Ubuntu hasn't been rebranded, just had a makeover.
I mean - get the strategy discussion done. Get marketing materials. Get regular news on news.opensuse.org (besides the great weekly news). Get the ambassador program running. Etc etc etc. No matter how important a brand is, ours might not be super but it IS well known and recognizable and has a cute geeko. Frankly, priority should be on getting work done like the things I mentioned - they make much more difference.
Absolutely. I'm an artist, and I nearly 'missed out' on the experience of openSUSE as I thought it was a business product. But with a free disk on Linux Format magazine I tried it out, wrestled with wireless and liked what I found. I've joined the artwork groups and hope to work on and help develop the 'creative side' of openSUSE along with some less bland merchandise. best Helen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org