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Re: publicity ...

My thoughts here, may amount to little, but personally, I see nothing wrong
with having another name for the OS than with the project.  But, if that
would be the case, then I would suggest a name with a marketing style
syntax.

There are a few problems, that I see with a name like FreeOS... first what
the word stands for, I will come this later, but for now it is enough to
say that it gives a subliminal message that isn't accurate.  A name that
doesn't give any subliminal message, is preferable... or a name that is
something in the style of...

  BRIEF by UnderWare

or...

   PaperClip, Batteries Included

Its witty... and draws attention to itself, without really saying anything
at all.  Debian doesn't say anything, and draws attention to itself partly
for that reason... good or bad.

However, names like

   SlackWare  -  a slack product?

   RedHat     -  colorful - in which context?

   FreeOS     -  Free - of charge? of abilities?

   FSF        -  a product founded on free software?

To a novice, name like Unix doesn't say anything... unless you get acquainted
with names like Multix, then Unix makes sense... but then AUX, AIX, Linux
and all the others become senseless copycat names.  We all need to read
something into a name, that is a basic need... just like when you go to a
news stand, or a book store... you judge the book by the cover.  So, if you
want to give it a good _coverage_ you need to get a name that has some kind
of originality.

In that sense, Debian is far more original than FreeOS.

Not to mention, that I think that the word Free in computer society may
be getting a bad coverage in the near future... very bad.  We all know
what is happening to X... Broadway or 6.3 will be the last release.  But
it won't be the last of X...

So, free in future may just as well be associated with software, that has
been recoded by a foundation to be able to strip the original authors of
any rights to the code, so it can be commercial.  That's pathetic... but
it occurs all the time...

Originality, is the key issue in my mind... anyone can make a copy, but
(s)he needs an original to copy from :-) And you need a _creative_ mind to
make the original.

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