----- "Zoltan Hoppar" <hopparz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi > > My personal opinion - partially agree with who says that we have to > drop this current form of naming process. But for entirely, is > bullshit. Why? > > Well, > - People are giving names their kids right? Fedora isn't the kid of > our community? > - Why couldn't we choose only an name that we could build an entire > marketing campaign, and get an advantage from curious or playful > hacked names? Why couldn't we make associations with names, and show > development curve - what we have done? Why couldn't we target an main > feature, and associate an name to it? > - Fedora is basically as we say bleeding edge, pioneering - right? Why > couldn't say we are naming after scientists, inventors - dead or > living one doesn't matter - and gain support from institutes.... > earlier we did dedication to our distribution, right? Let me ask - how > many website has picked up our distro and introduced Fedora? > > A distribution, without a name, is without personality, or identity. > If it has no identity, then it means we have a huge trouble. > Fedora™ has a potential identity, it has nothing to do with a codename, it has to do with the foundations. Some will say Fedora™ has an identity problem, maybe a codename with a wiener as a mascot shows that Fedora™ has reached an epic low with the codename of F17. You have been naming releases for more than a decade and have never built a marketing campaign around the name. I don't see the resources being available then or now. -- Bob _______________________________________________ advisory-board mailing list advisory-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/advisory-board
