[openbeos] Re: Suggestion (was Re: A bit of prep talk)

[quote]I am just concerned that if we were to change the name later, it would 
be much more inconvenient than to change the name now[/quote]

I think my extended search and replace can take care of this >:) My vote is for 
PsycoOS, or MudVayneOS.. or maybe drunkOS.. We need something catchy to grab 
audiences.

Phyte

> Teh Kelvin-CKT044 <Kelvin.Teh@xxxxxxxxxxxx> openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [openbeos] 
> Re: Suggestion (was Re: A bit of prep talk)Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 09:15:30 
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>Reply-To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>   Hmm...... this reminds me of a previous post where there was a concern
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>regarding the use of the words "BeOS" in the proposed new open-source OS
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>being developed here. Since it seems to have been more or less settled that
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>a huge portion of the kernel is going to be based on the NewOS kernel, it
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>occured to me that it might be a good idea to simply call our new OS NewOS
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>(provided Travis agrees, of course). The name itself, IMHO, seems to reflect
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>the spirit of this initiative (and, one might argue, Be's original aim of
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>doing away with legacy codes). I know this may appear to be a rather
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>controversial move, especially since we have gotten so used to the "BeOS"
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>name, but I think it would be in our best interests to use a name that will
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>not antagonize either Palm or Be Inc. (they might not take too well to an OS
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>whose name consists of their trademark, prefixed by the word "Open"). It
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>would seem to be a better approach to settle on a name and stick with it to
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>the end rather than have to change it sometime later in the future.
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>   I have visited the NewOS website sometime around last week at
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>http://newos.sourceforge.net and found that the site is already relatively
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>complete. There are already three mailing lists set up (which is not being
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>fully utilized yet, at present) that we might be able to use, rather than
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>setting up more mailing lists elsewhere. At times like this, IMHO, it is
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>very important for us to stick together and not go about creating too many
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>separate projects, as far as possible. I cannot say how receptive Travis or
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>you guys will be to this suggestion, but it is just a thought that might be
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>able to avoid the stress and inconvenience that might possibly occur in the
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>future if, for example, Palm or Be were to suddenly decide to send us a
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>"friendly" letter asking us to change the name of this OS. I am aware that
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>some of you have already set up websites with the "openbeos" name (e.g.
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>open-beos.sourceforge.net and the Open BeOS Developer's Network website),
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>and that, I think is a very good thing. I am just concerned that if we were
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>to change the name later, it would be much more inconvenient than to change
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>the name now (especially since Be Inc. doesn't seem to encourage open-source
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>initiatives of BeOS by taking up most of the openbeos-related domain names).
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>   Anyhow, this is just a thought, and there might be good reasons why
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>all this might not be a good idea that I have failed to consider. Whether
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>this is adopted or not is up to the OpenBeOS developer's community. What do
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>you guys think of the idea?
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>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:     bsa [SMTP:bsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent:     Tuesday, August 28, 2001 2:55 PM
>> To:     openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject:     [openbeos] Re: A bit of prep talk
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> > people are examining NewOS/AtheOS/BeOS and teams are forming up.  Thats
>> > great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  We're not loosing focus, and I'm glad to see that
>> we're
>> > agreeing that most of our attention is on the 2 major components (kernel
>> and
>> > app_kit/interface kit).
>> 
>> I think (if i wrong, please correct me) - OpenBeOS is a little error.
>> Recreation of system is not necessary.
>> OpenBeOS will not become BeOS with open source. Our old BeOS slowly moves
>> to
>> graveyard.
>> But NewOS is raising, and we can help its developer - we really can create
>> new object-oriented opensource
>> operating system. Kernel is about ready. It is main.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 




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