[beports] Re: [RFC] Git 1.6.0-rc2 branch

On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Am 08.08.2008 um 19:45 schrieb Jorge Mare:
>
>> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Andreas Färber <andreas.faerber@xxxxxx>
>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's "Haiku" only, not "Haiku OS".
>>>
>>> Fixed. Blame the website! ;-)
>>
>> If we are using "Haiku OS" somewhere on the website, I would like to
>> fix it. So could you elaborate on the specific URL where you saw this?
>
> The domain name is Haiku-OS.org, so it's in each URL actually. Other than
> that I don't have any textual mention at hand.
> It just made me think that Haiku is a colloquial abbreviation of Haiku OS.

I see. I wrongly (mis)interpreted your statement as if we were
referring to Haiku as Haiku OS somewhere in the content of the
website.

> But I see now that haiku.org fell into the hands of a domain grabber. In
> Germany with DENIC it was possible for my sports club to get back its domain
> name by supplying DENIC with the official documents of foundation; you could
> check with your NIC what the situation is in the US. On the other hand,
> getting haiku.org would require to keep haiku-os.org due to all the links,
> doubling the costs.

Maintaining one more domain costs approx. $10/year, which would not be
a problem. I will see if I can look into this.

Jorge
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