Autodesk product naming poll

[Mike Davis]

That is the convention I was thinking of, I think eventually MapTools could
reach the point where people intuitively make the Open Source GIS ==
MapTools connection... but it depends on aggressive marketing.

I do think the ship has sailed in that people instantly make the GIS==ESRI
connection.  But at one time Search==Yahoo and Oil == Standard, so nothing
lasts forever.

-Mike


On 12/22/05, Lowell.Filak <lfilak at medinaco.org> wrote:
>
> Could this allow for MapTools MapServer, MapTools GRASS, MapTools PCL, ...
> AND "MapTools 2006" vs. "OSGIS '06"? Will it eventually need GIS in the
> name
> or could MapTools equate to GIS like Apache to http or was that already
> captured by the xxxGIS brand name (somebody needs to ask Puffs or Pepsi)?
> I agree with the unified heading.
>
> Lowell
>
> Paul Spencer writes:
>
> > I'm really starting to think that the foundation should be called
> > MapTools and the various projects that become part of the MapTools
> > foundation should then keep their own names.  In this
> alternate  universe,
> > we would have MapTools MapServer and MapTools MapGuide I  guess.  If
> other
> > projects joined, they would (could?) gain the prefix  MapTools ...
> >
> > Note that I've always been in favour of co-branding these products,  and
> > despite the excellent rational arguments against it, I still have  a gut
> > feel that it would be the right thing to do - I just
> can't  defend/explain
> > it and so I'm going to side with the separate name  camp I think.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Paul
> >
> >
> > On 22-Dec-05, at 3:52 AM, Flavio Hendry wrote:
> >
> >> Hi Dave
> >>
> >> Completely agree with Attila. "MapServer Enterprise" sounds like the
> >> big brother (Tarzan) of little "Cheetah" (Tarzan's chimpanzee!).
> >> And "Enterprise" is not even existing yet, therefore did not prove at
> >> all to be as strong as Tarzan ... Ken was saying somtehing about
> >> Gorilla, so what's about "MapServer Kala", the mother, for the real
> >> MapServer, and "MapServer Jane" for the unloved daugther-in-law? ;-)))
> >>
> >> Have a nice holiday and fun out in BC, I'll be skiing&more in the
> >> alps ...
> >>
> >> Mit freundlichem Gruss / Best Regards
> >> Flavio Hendry
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