[General] Re: [Chandler-dev] Milestone and general naming, terminology

[Pieter Hartsook]

I think the most direct way to correct the impression that we haven't
"produced anything anyone can use" -- is to produce a release that is
in fact useful :-)

When that happens, whatever we're calling it is what people will tell
their friends to go download (so keep the name short, easy to
remember, pronounce, and spell...).

Pieter

On 8/31/06, Jared Rhine <jared at wordzoo.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-08-31 at 01:22 -0700, Pieter Hartsook wrote:
> > BTW, I do like the term "preview"-version since it connotes
> > work-in-progress/more to come...
>
> I haven't absorbed the full thread, nor do I have a constructive
> proposal, but I'd like to note that I dislike the use of "Preview"
> unfortunately.
>
> Currently, much of the "street vibe" is that OSAF has been around a long
> time but (as I saw in an outside thread recently) "has never produced
> anything anyone can use".
>
> I'm afraid that "Preview" continues to promote that message.  "Great, a
> Preview; here's another in a long line of "sneak peaks" at what OSAF may
> someday do".
>
> I'd prefer a message that, "it's rough, but it's Real now; not just a
> preview".  Beta at least implies "real, ready, try it out now".
>
> More pondering to do...
>
> --
> Jared Rhine <jared at wordzoo.com>
>
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