I think that OBOS can not have legal problems. It just have 'B' from BeOS:))) OBOS is already known to beos community and I think that new name will just enter confusion in advertising this project. btw.. what Be means in the name of BeOS? -boris > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Stuart McCoy" <stubear@xxxxxxxxx> >To: <openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 1:26 AM >Subject: [openbeos-cdt] Re: Names > > >> This is supposed to be the name of the OS itself. At a later date we >could >> perhaps ruminate on the naming of the seperate elements of >the OS but >> much like the look of the OS being derived from the identity, the >> names of the core components should be derived from the name >of the OS >> itself. > >Do you really think of renaming the OS? I think we should >stick to "OpenBeOS" becouse people can re-recognize the good >old BeOS. I will still know that OpenBeOS has a new name. But >what about all the other BeOS user who even have not heared >about OBOS? How will they know that XY is the new BeOS? > >> By the way, what about "Elemental" as a name? > >Sounds good. I like it. But the user could think that it is >only an elemental OS and doesn't have many abilities... And >(already said) think about the worth of re-recognition. > >Greetings Eckard >