[openbeos] Re: Name suggestion

Naming the OS without "Be" in it is a bad idea. your will lose the goodwill
and recognition the name has (think of all those apps that start with
Be---). I don't thing there is a bad stigma with the name -- after all The
Register was giving kudos to the Be team who are now basically the
PalmSource team.



----- Original Message -----
From: "Kurtis Kopf" <kurtis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 10:43 AM
Subject: [openbeos] Re: Name suggestion


>     During the name collection, over 3000 names were submitted.  One of my
> tasks as the new OBOS webmaster is to work with Deej, Daniel, and a few
> other people to try and shorten the list... A rather tedious task, and as
> you can imagine, it's not easy to be objective... Everyone has their
> preferences.  The team leads and administrators have also been debating on
> weather or not to include "Be" or keep the same sound in the OS for
several
> reasons.  One reason against it would be that newcomers might not want to
> try or look at an operating system that they had heard failed at one
point.
> There is also the legality of it... Sure Be Inc. may not bother to sue us,
> but Palm Inc. might.  But on the other hand, everyone loves BeOS and there
> is some sentimental value with the name.  As you can see, all tough
> decisions and we're only breaking the surface of the elimination process
at
> the moment.  Once the names have been narrowed down though, there will be
a
> voting page up on the website with between 20 and at most 50 names on it.
> Thanks for the inquiry...
>
>     -Kurtis
>
> > Soo i've been browsing around the various OBOS/beunited sites trying to
> > get my head around what all has happened since the "focus shift" in the
> > land of BeOS and its alternatives - things are looking interesting :)
> >
> > One thing that i have noticed is that the name Open BeOS has been stated
> > as being only a temporary name - is there currently a page of name
> > suggestions and/or a voting mechanism for trying to come up with one ??
> >  if so, can someone point me to it.  It seems to me that everyone knows
> > the name needs to change, but nothing has happened on that front.
> >  Unfortunately the longer that it is left unchanged, the harder it will
> > become to change it as documentations/newsletters/graphics etc are
> > continually accruing with the OBOS name.
> >
> > In the meantime, may i humbly put forth a suggestion of LuminOS,
> > pronounced and derived from luminous which is defined as:
> > http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=luminous
> >
> > 1. Shining; emitting or reflecting light; brilliant; bright; as, the is
> > a luminous body; a luminous color.
> > 2. Illuminated; full of light; bright; as, many candles made the room
> > luminous.
> >
> > or the one that i think is more applicable to the OS:
> > 3: Enlightened; intelligent; also, clear; intelligible; as, a luminous
> > mind. `` Luminous eloquence.'' --Macaulay. `` A luminous statement.''
> > --Brougham.
> >
> > Also a self-luminous object is a luminary which by the definition at
> > http://www.thesaurus.com/roget/III/423.html offers up many cool themes
> > that designers can work with for logos/themes.  It also lends itself
> > well to all those editors/reviewers out there to play on the name for
> > the headlines/titles of articles - "We have seen the light - LuminOS"
> > etc etc cliched it may be at times, but catchy and memorable.
> >  luminos.org is available as well  (.net and .com are umm.. well..
> > different :P).
> >
> > Comments ??
> >
> > One thing i do want to ask though - has anyone actually tried asking Be
> > (whats left of it) whether they would grant permission to the name BeOS
> > being reused ??  i noticed that be.com is for sale (or was) and the only
> > thing that remains right now is a shell company for administrative
> > purposes - not exactly a company that is going to start wasting money on
> > a litigation, nor would it seemingly have any interest in trying to
> > protect a brandname or trademark.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Nick
>
>
>
>

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