On Tue, 2012-05-15 at 19:01 +0000, Jim Henderson wrote:
but this is something we'll have a problem with as long as the names are so close (and I'm not going to propose rebranding at this stage of the game, nor do I think that would be even considered by the project as a whole). This is something that RedHat did well by naming their community project "Fedora" - the name is different enough that there's no ambiguity for those who are new to RedHat. That was a smart move.
Agreed. The same could be said for Canonical/Ubuntu. But at this stage of the game, we're too well entrenched with the name openSUSE, not just by familiarity but also because so many things in our infrastructure refer to "openSUSE." We just have to be creative in trying to figure out how to convey the message. While I believe we made a naming mistake originally, I would personally not advocate a name change either. The time and effort would be just too much. And yes, I admit, I was a "complainer/yeller" the first time I formally entered the community. Immediately, one person, JPR, spoke directly with me and guided me into how to be involved and within weeks I became fully entrenched in the community. I guess everyone now has someone to blame for my presence here. :-) But point is, we do need to all collectively adopt an attitude of welcoming and mentoring/guiding. It's a lesson I learned and I try to do it the same unto others. And this is something we should do attitudinally, not "policy-ally." (Hey, I just invented a new word!) Getting people to recognize that they are stakeholders in the Project is what leads to community growth and contribution. Bryen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org