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

[Sean Gillies]

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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>>>
>>>
>>
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