<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>-Mike<br><br> </div>
<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/22/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Lowell.Filak</b> <<a href="mailto:lfilak@medinaco.org">lfilak@medinaco.org</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Could this allow for MapTools MapServer, MapTools GRASS, MapTools PCL, ...<br>AND "MapTools 2006" vs. "OSGIS '06"? Will it eventually need GIS in the name
<br>or could MapTools equate to GIS like Apache to http or was that already<br>captured by the xxxGIS brand name (somebody needs to ask Puffs or Pepsi)?<br>I agree with the unified heading.<br><br>Lowell<br><br>Paul Spencer writes:
<br><br>> I'm really starting to think that the foundation should be called<br>> MapTools and the various projects that become part of the MapTools<br>> foundation should then keep their own names. In this alternate universe,
<br>> we would have MapTools MapServer and MapTools MapGuide I guess. If other<br>> projects joined, they would (could?) gain the prefix MapTools ...<br>><br>> Note that I've always been in favour of co-branding these products, and
<br>> despite the excellent rational arguments against it, I still have a gut<br>> feel that it would be the right thing to do - I just can't defend/explain<br>> it and so I'm going to side with the separate name camp I think.
<br>><br>> Cheers<br>><br>> Paul<br>><br>><br>> On 22-Dec-05, at 3:52 AM, Flavio Hendry wrote:<br>><br>>> Hi Dave<br>>><br>>> Completely agree with Attila. "MapServer Enterprise" sounds like the
<br>>> big brother (Tarzan) of little "Cheetah" (Tarzan's chimpanzee!).<br>>> And "Enterprise" is not even existing yet, therefore did not prove at<br>>> all to be as strong as Tarzan ... Ken was saying somtehing about
<br>>> Gorilla, so what's about "MapServer Kala", the mother, for the real<br>>> MapServer, and "MapServer Jane" for the unloved daugther-in-law? ;-)))<br>>><br>>> Have a nice holiday and fun out in BC, I'll be skiing&more in the
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