Chuck Anderson wrote:
On Mon, Jan 23, 2006 at 03:24:56PM -0500, sean wrote:
Fedora Linux doesn't sound so bad and I think the concern that this will
cause future problems is actually overblown. In fact it will probably
help in the future differenciate which port someone is using. On top of
which, the people who eventually port it to another OS will probably want
to highlight their achievment anyway by calling it Fedora Solaris
or Fedora Windows etc... Lets not try to be so farsightedly
accomodating that we can't call it a Linux system today.
Linux is only one component of the whole system, so it is as absurd to
call it "Fedora Linux" as it would be to call it "Fedora Xorg" or
"Fedora GNOME". A very large percentage of software in Fedora is
GPL-licensed, so maybe "Fedora GNU" would be appropriate...
/me prepares to put on asbestos suit
Far more people recognize what a Linux is, compared to an Xorg, a GNOME,
or a GNU. If I'm a manager or a user and I'm looking for Linux
products, why would I even look twice at The Fedora Core Operating
System Project, even if that's the most descriptive and accurate name we
come up with? I honestly believe that the reason "Linux" gained
momentum when BSD & GNU had been doing the same thing for years is the
fact that it had a decent name and a good background story. To be a
real cynic, those other guys blew their chance to gain name recognition
years ago. Linux is the name that both the press and the users know, so
if we have even the slightest clue in approaching the marketing, we need
both Fedora & Linux in the "common" name, which should also not be 157
characters long.
DC
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