[MSF-Discuss] Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Autodesk product naming poll

[Paul Spencer]

Sean,

perhaps it came off that way, but it wasn't intended to be  
deliberately obtuse.  I understand your point, and I was actually  
making a general observation based on comments I've read from several/ 
most of the core team.  As I said, this wasn't a new argument on my  
part to prop up my increasingly unpopular opinions on the naming  
thing, just a general observation.  My apologies if I offended.

Cheers and Seasons Greetings ...

Paul

On 24-Dec-05, at 5:02 PM, sgillies at frii.com wrote:

> Paul,
>
> My point is that IMO changing an imperfect name can be *much worse*  
> than
> keeping it. Did you not get this from my email, or are you being
> purposefully obtuse?
>
> Merry Christmas,
> Sean
>
>> Has anyone else noticed that a common sentiment that MapServer is not
>> a particularly great name?  It seems the core developers, in
>> particular, are not that invested in the name.  Seems weird that the
>> community is working so hard to defend something that the 'owners'
>> are not even that sure they want to keep.  This is just an
>> observation, not a new argument :)
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Paul
>>
>> On 23-Dec-05, at 7:52 PM, sgillies at frii.com wrote:
>>
>>> Gary,
>>>
>>> I simply think that trying to rename the MapServer project is
>>> detrimental
>>> to the project, and I've really appreciated that you're more
>>> sensitive to
>>> this than most of the open letter signers. I'm not in love with the
>>> name
>>> MapServer by any means, but it would best be left unchanged both
>>> for the
>>> health of the project and to provide some continuity from the  
>>> existing
>>> MapServer community. Frankly, I don't care what the foundation is
>>> named so
>>> long as it doesn't trample on any other open source project or
>>> foundation.
>>>
>>> cheers,
>>> Sean
>>>
>>>> Sean,
>>>>
>>>> Would moving MapServer from UMinn to the, say, "Open Source
>>>> Geospatial
>>>> Foundation" be asking for trouble compared to putting it into the
>>>> "MapServer Foundation"? If not, why not?
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From:	discuss-bounces at lists.mapserverfoundation.org on behalf of
>>>> sgillies at frii.com
>>>> Sent:	Thu 12/22/2005 6:05 PM
>>>> To:	Attila Csipa
>>>> Cc:	mapserver-users at lists.umn.edu;
>>>> discuss at lists.mapserverfoundation.org
>>>> Subject:	Re: [MSF-Discuss] Re: [UMN_MAPSERVER-USERS] Autodesk  
>>>> product
>>>> naming poll
>>>>
>>>> Attila,
>>>>
>>>> I have customers who have been equally confused by this project  
>>>> name
>>>> churning. A foundation could be a good thing, but trying to rebrand
>>>> MapServer at the same time is asking for trouble.
>>>>
>>>> cheers,
>>>> Sean
>>>>
>>>>
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