[haiku-development] Re: Name the package manager "Software Valet"
- From: "Chris Peel" <chrispeel.mail@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: haiku-development@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2013 23:05:59 -0700 (PDT)
Raises an interesting debate about what Haiku is meant to be.
If it's a homage to BeOS, just as AmigaOS 4 is to AmigaOS 3, then you should
stick with Software Valet as the name.
If you're intending to sell out and try to be mass market (a pretty tall order
considering the number of failed and competing Linux distros out there), then
you should probably stick with something mainstream and boring such as Package
Manager.
Personally, the former gets my vote. I miss R3 and R4 terribly and would love
for Haiku simply to be a modernised* version of R5, rather than something
entirely different.
Chris
*that is, able to run correctly under VMware (all editions) and to have a
really good web browser.
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On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Denis <denishaiku@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 3 Jun 2013, at 23:55, StreaK <spam.acidpit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> John Scipione wrote:
>>> I was thinking it might be neat to name the graphical package manager
>>> for Haiku "Software Valet" harking back to the old application on
>>> BeOS.
>>>
>>> I've done a bit of research on the legal status of the trademark and
>>> it doesn't appear as if Be ever registered a trademark for "Software
>>> Valet" either in the US or in Europe, and it doesn't appear that
>>> anybody else has since either, so, we're in the clear to use the name
>>> if we want to.
>>>
>>> It might also be a good idea for Haiku, Inc. to register the trademark
>>> if we want to use the name. Opinions welcome.
>> For me "Software Wallet" is a perfect name for "package manager" , because
>> actual package manager might evolve in something like mix of Synthetic
>> Package manager + App Store / Google Play.
> Maybe it could just be called "Get Software".
> -- Denis.
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