From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Apr 12 21:48:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA02991 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:48:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ninbox.ml.org (host77-107.airnet.net [209.64.77.107]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA02946 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 21:48:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kris@airnet.net) Received: from airnet.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ninbox.ml.org (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA02531 for ; Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:47:20 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <353198D6.9B21EBCC@airnet.net> Date: Sun, 12 Apr 1998 23:47:18 -0500 From: Kris Kirby Organization: Absolutely None! X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.05 [en] (X11; U; FreeBSD 2.2.5-RELEASE i386) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: New name? References: <199804130313.VAA06062@lariat.lariat.org> <19980412211215.43655@mooseriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Josef Grosch wrote: > > On Sun, Apr 12, 1998 at 09:13:20PM -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. > > > > Having a version of FreeBSD labeled "BSD Professional" or "BSD Office" or > whatever would be helpful. Most suit types have a problem with a system > labeled free anything. Of course, pointing out that the Solaris or HP/UX > system that they just paid big bucks for contains lots of freeware like DNS, > sendmail, elm, X, emacs, etc. does not make points with them. > > However, if they ever figure out that "BSD Office" is in fact FreeBSD just > tell them we renamed it for marketing reasons. They should be able to dig > that. I want to say this: FreeBSD Forever! Don't rename it. It's a *good* name. Just like my signature... -- Kris Kirby ------------------------------------------- TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message