Re: [Printing-architecture] LinuxPrinting.com naming

[Norm Jacobs <Norm.Jacobs@Sun.COM>]

Apparently, I missed the context of Dan Kohn's message.  What *exacly* 
is being proposed here?

    -Norm

Ira McDonald wrote:
> Hi,
>
> <OP Chair hat on> There is a very strong negative feeling among many
> of the OP WG chairs whose companies do NOT ship Linux that we should
> keep the name "Open Printing" (which we've always had from the outset
> six years ago), to indicate that the scope is POSIX (not just Linux) for
> our APIs and components.
>
> We can change the name, but it's likely to lose us several working
> group chairs and my immediate predecessor as OP Steering
> Committee chair, Norm Jacobs (Sun Solaris).
>
> Cheers,
> - Ira
>
> On 5/18/07, Till Kamppeter <till.kamppeter@gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Yes, it has the advantages you mentioned, and the part of the project
>> most known to users had the name linuxprinting.org.
>>
>> Disadvantages are that we are renaming a project again after short time
>> and this means changing back all texts on the site, distros have to
>> rename the packages again, confusing the users, changing names in
>> OpenPrinting APIs (or leaving traces of all project names in the APIs
>> with the time) ...
>>
>> So I want to ask the OpenPrinting workgroup members about whether we
>> should rename or not. Or whether we should agree on the name on the next
>>   OpenPrinting Steering Committee meeting. So anyone of the OP folks, WDYT?
>>
>>     Till
>>
>>
>> Dan Kohn wrote:
>>     
>>> Till, I apologize in advance if you see this request as a reversal.
>>>
>>> Anyway, Amanda and I both think that the LinuxPrinting name is much
>>> stronger and more compelling than OpenPrinting.  The term "open" has
>>> been overused so much that it is almost meaningless at this point.  I
>>> appreciate that LinuxPrinting provides drivers for BSD, Solaris, OS X,
>>> etc. (and we want it to continue to do so), but just as the Linux
>>> Foundation and Linux Standard Base work on an array of issues but have a
>>> Linux focus at their core, so does LinuxPrinting.  Would you be willing
>>> to change the branding of your website and working group?
>>>
>>>            - dan
>>> --Dan Kohn <mailto:dan@dankohn.com>
>>> COO, The Linux Foundation <http://www.linux-foundation.org>
>>> <http://www.dankohn.com/>  <tel:+1-415-233-1000>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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