From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 12 20:52:08 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id UAA24819 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 20:52:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id UAA24788 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 20:51:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA23535; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:21:47 +0930 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id NAA29445; Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:21:46 +0930 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980413132146.H28708@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1998 13:21:46 +0930 From: Greg Lehey To: Brett Glass , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: FreeBSD commercial support Subject: Re: New name? References: <199804130313.VAA06062@lariat.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.91i In-Reply-To: <199804130313.VAA06062@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 09:13:20PM -0600 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Sun, 12 April 1998 at 21:13:20 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > I think that, a substantial number of messages ago, someone messages > the possibility of a name change that made FreeBSD sound less "cheap." > What sort of image would a new name project? Perhaps an aura of > quality -- such as "BSD Professional?" (This would also suggest that > professionals support it. This was one of the names I suggested on the -supporters group. Well, BSD Pro. Yes, on that list we agree that the "Free" in the name is a disadvantage when "selling" into a corporate environment. Other names that were mentioned are "BSD Gold" and "BSD 2000". Greg -- See complete headers for address and phone numbers finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message