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Bug #375345
Comment #85

Comment 85 for bug 375345

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Savvas Radevic (medigeek) wrote on 2009-06-03: Re: [Bug 375345] Re: "Ubuntu One" name creates confusion

#85

> Just to keep up to date:
> Community Council meeting on Ubuntu One:
> http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/06/02/%23ubuntu-meeting.html

Once more, they've put it off. I believe that the whole conversation
can be "summarized" (in my point of view) in these few lines:
23:12 sabdfl there's no upside to a naming contest - the name is
settled. what would be useful is a broader discussion of boundaries in
the area of services rendered from the cloud to the desktop
...
23:14 mdke what concerns me most is sabdfl's "the name is settled" statement
...
23:15 sabdfl mdke: we've had several weeks of discussions on the
bugtracker, and a CC meeting on the topic, and there hasn't been an
argument that I warrant sufficiently compelling to change course on
...
23:16 sabdfl mako, mdke, i understand that you feel this way. it was
an open question when we started the discussion, there are no new
arguments today
(and the "U1" and u1.ubuntu.com name as default)

However, there is the "U1" naming suggestion. It is one of the most
elegant and "doable" suggestions, the discussion could proceed if Mark
would accept the idea of changing the name first.

There have been dozens of suggestions and arguments, I doubt none of
them are accepted. How many users, contributors and members should
complain in order to state this as "enough" reason to change the name?
Most dictators in the history tried to please the people so they don't
rebel. :)

Moreover, if the Ubuntu One is accepted, there will be people
complaining about it, when for example the trademark team complains
about the use of *buntu on some product or website. Yes, I know
Canonical has every right to do this, but it's not included with the
moral handbook, the way I was "raised" in the open source community.

If this goes through, what's the next step? Ubuntu CE (Commercial
Edition) with adobe flash, mp3 and dvd playback pre-installed? That
surely doesn't seem to break the "Ubuntu" promise, since it would be
"Ubuntu CE", right? Then the free version of Ubuntu would fade away
and we'd get stuck with an unstable Ubuntu and a stable paid version,
pretty much like elive developers do. I know I'm exagerating, but
would such actions be doable and expected in the spirit of "Ubuntu
anything"?

> Just to keep up to date:
> Community Council meeting on Ubuntu One:
> http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2009/06/02/%23ubuntu-meeting.html

Once more, they've put it off. I believe that the whole conversation
can be "summarized" (in my point of view) in these few lines:
23:12	sabdfl	there's no upside to a naming contest - the name is
settled. what would be useful is a broader discussion of boundaries in
the area of services rendered from the cloud to the desktop
...
23:14	mdke	what concerns me most is sabdfl's "the name is settled" statement
...
23:15	sabdfl	mdke: we've had several weeks of discussions on the
bugtracker, and a CC meeting on the topic, and there hasn't been an
argument that I warrant sufficiently compelling to change course on
...
23:16	sabdfl	mako, mdke, i understand that you feel this way. it was
an open question when we started the discussion, there are no new
arguments today
(and the "U1" and u1.ubuntu.com name as default)

However, there is the "U1" naming suggestion. It is one of the most
elegant and "doable" suggestions, the discussion could proceed if Mark
would accept the idea of changing the name first.