Ian Murray wrote: > I can't say I have been following this thread in its entirety, but the > beauty (?) of free speech is that even the ill-informed get to have a > say. :o) > > Anyway, I think there is a general problem with the name Community > ENterprise OS. Well, Community can't refer to us users because every O/S > has a community, including Windows. So at first glance at the name, I > would say that CentOS was produced by the community.... but that clearly > isn't the case, as we know, so perhaps a simple name change would > suffice: CsentOS... Closed-Shop Enterprise OS. Now, I bet that sounds > like a criticism and I bet it smarts a bit. It's not meant to be either, > just simply the truth. Actually, while we are on, where does the > Enterprise bit come from in the name?... because I keep hearing that if > you want to anything more than is currently being offered (speed of > delivery,deadlines, trust that it isn't all going to fall apart, etc.), > then go and buy upstream or use another distribution. That's a fair > argument, but then remove the 'Enterprise' from the title... it's > misleading as it suggests its suitable for the enterprise. > 4 million unique machines do not agree with you, regardless of what you want to believe. > So, I suggest the product is renamed as... > > Closed-Shop-Binary-Compatible-With-Upstream-OS... CSbcwuOS... not as > snappy but much closer to the goals and project structure, as far as I, > as an outsider, can tell. > > I am sure a lot of people, including myself, are now asking how fragile > this project is and what risk that fragility poses to our individual > ventures. CentOS itself lives in a "meritocracy" and right now CentOS's > merit is going down quite considerably. Not a criticism, just a reminder > like so many others that the project may needs to adapt to progress. CentOS is now what it has been for the last 5 years. It is not any different now than it ever has been. <snip> -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 252 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20090808/cb8166ee/attachment-0003.sig>