From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Apr 15 02:38:38 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA12451 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 02:38:38 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (rah.star-gate.com [209.133.7.234]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id JAA12443 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 09:38:34 GMT (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Received: from rah.star-gate.com (localhost.star-gate.com [127.0.0.1]) by rah.star-gate.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA12639; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 02:37:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from hasty@rah.star-gate.com) Message-Id: <199804150937.CAA12639@rah.star-gate.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: "Mikhail A. Sokolov" cc: Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New name? In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 13 Apr 1998 21:33:22 +0400." <19980413213322.42076@demos.su> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1998 02:37:55 -0700 From: Amancio Hasty Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org The name FreeBSD means that is hard for "Corporate America" to accept. In a capitalistic society free is consider evil. I can see a college enthusiast with no business sense coining the term FreeBSD. Amancio > On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 11:25:47AM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > # At 09:15 PM 4/13/98 +0400, Mikhail A. Sokolov wrote: > # >But won't calling products with names, which include *BSD* lead to people > # >will flounder (?) two products, the one from FreeBSD Inc., and another, > # >from BSDi? I mean names like 'BSD Gold', 'BSD Housewife-2000 Eleet'? > # > # Not if the names indicate the purpose and positioning of the product. > # If this is done, it actually makes it easier for end users to sort > # things out. > > What's wrong with the 'FreeBSD for Little'/'FreeBSD for Housewives' than? > Why BSD? The name "FreeBSD" indicates one of the main of [political] > differencies from other BSD derived OS's, afaiu. And it was known (not very > good, as we can see now) for years. Hence, we could just release different > versions with "FreeBSD" string in it's names, right? > > # --Brett Glass > > -- > -mishania > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message