[openbeos] Re: Name suggestion
- From: "Michael Phipps" <mphipps1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 23:18:15 -0400
There is something of a stigma of failure. And if that were the only issue, I
would say that it pretty well balances with the positive side (i.e. popularity,
etc). The issue is legal. Cloning BeOS and naming ourselves .*Be.* is a recipie
for a lawsuit.
>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.
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