Comments on: What’s in a name? Open source is. http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/ A blog for the enterprise open source community Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:45:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 451 CAOS Theory » What’s in a name? Still open source http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/comment-page-1/#comment-529592 451 CAOS Theory » What’s in a name? Still open source Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:39:44 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/#comment-529592 [...] few of years ago, we saw a spate of open source name changes, including Likewise and SpringSource. The reasoning then seems to remain the case today: the [...] [...] few of years ago, we saw a spate of open source name changes, including Likewise and SpringSource. The reasoning then seems to remain the case today: the [...]

]]> By: Jeff Peters http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/comment-page-1/#comment-149182 Jeff Peters Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:24:50 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/#comment-149182 Hi Jay, Interesting article… Before XAware released their 5.0 OSS, a name change was brought up in several discussions. We decided to stay with our brand. It’s an interesting marketing idea. www.xaware.org Hi Jay,

Interesting article… Before XAware released their 5.0 OSS, a name change was brought up in several discussions. We decided to stay with our brand. It’s an interesting marketing idea.

http://www.xaware.org

]]> By: Jay Lyman http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/comment-page-1/#comment-145526 Jay Lyman Sat, 15 Dec 2007 21:36:20 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/#comment-145526 The point is, they are changing their name for closer association with an open source project. I don't think they'd do so if they didn't feel the project/product was succeeding. You ask whose expectations. The answer is the company's expectations. And BTW, that's expectations for the Likewise software, not for the company. "Very much like Cheney et al ..." Check yourself, please. JL The point is, they are changing their name for closer association with an open source project. I don’t think they’d do so if they didn’t feel the project/product was succeeding. You ask whose expectations. The answer is the company’s expectations. And BTW, that’s expectations for the Likewise software, not for the company.

“Very much like Cheney et al …”

Check yourself, please.

JL

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/comment-page-1/#comment-144773 Anonymous Sat, 15 Dec 2007 06:54:25 +0000 http://blogs.the451group.com/opensource/2007/12/14/whats-in-a-name-open-source-is/#comment-144773 re: ".. which has exceeded expectations" -- what expectations? whose expectations? your expectations? The company is saying in their Press Release "we are doing much much better than expected" but of course not telling anyone what the actual expectations were and what the actual results are, so they can spin that line as they never will reveal what the expectations/results are, but take our word for it. Nice of you to regurgitate that marketing PR trick / line from their press release, and so now they can go back and say "see even an analyst is confirming we are doing better then expected." Very much like Cheney et al leaking to the NY Times that Iraq has WMD, NY Times prints that officials are concerned Iraq has WMDs, Cheney et al point back to the NY Times as confirmation that Iraq has WMDs. Voila. re: “.. which has exceeded expectations” — what expectations? whose expectations? your expectations? The company is saying in their Press Release “we are doing much much better than expected” but of course not telling anyone what the actual expectations were and what the actual results are, so they can spin that line as they never will reveal what the expectations/results are, but take our word for it. Nice of you to regurgitate that marketing PR trick / line from their press release, and so now they can go back and say “see even an analyst is confirming we are doing better then expected.” Very much like Cheney et al leaking to the NY Times that Iraq has WMD, NY Times prints that officials are concerned Iraq has WMDs, Cheney et al point back to the NY Times as confirmation that Iraq has WMDs. Voila.

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