[beports] Re: [RFC] Git 1.6.0-rc2 branch
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: beports@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:00:43 +0200 CEST
> >>>> 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.
In any case, uname -s returns "Haiku" :)
>
> > 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.
It's funny cause sometimes it's the bad guys who want the domain, and
they win, so it should be possible for us...
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4348585.stm she's from my town...)
François.
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