From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Message-ID: <46523CAE.5000706@Sun.COM> Date: Mon, 21 May 2007 19:43:26 -0500 From: Norm Jacobs MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <07616E99-C1A3-4F6D-AD07-E6811D16FE16@dankohn.com> <464DC548.5080803@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Printing-architecture] LinuxPrinting.com naming List-Id: Printing architecture under linux List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Ira McDonald Cc: printing-architecture@lists.freestandards.org, Amanda McPherson , Till Kamppeter Apparently, I missed the context of Dan Kohn's message. What *exacly* is being proposed here? -Norm Ira McDonald wrote: > Hi, > > 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 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 >>> COO, The Linux Foundation >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > >