[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is it time to begin retiring open-ils.org?

[David Christensen]

I've been following the Open-ILS / Evergreen development for a long while,
and I'm just starting to get my feet wet with a test installation.

For what it's worth, I agree with Brandon :-)

-David Christensen


On 8/8/08, Sharp, Chris <csharp at georgialibraries.org> wrote:
>
> Karen,
>
> To add my two cents, I agree with Brandon that the Open-ILS "brand"
> could continue to be used in certain parts of the development project.
> The fact that Evergreen is open source was also a big draw for me
> getting involved with all this, and having that word "open" in there
> somewhere prominently would keep that association "up front," so to
> speak.  As to retiring "open-ils" as the domain - that's probably a good
> idea, since Evergreen is now a well-known brand in itself.
>
> Chris Sharp
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>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:open-ils-general-bounces at list.georgialibraries.org] On Behalf Of
> evergreen at copelan.com
> Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2008 8:34 PM
> To: kgs at esilibrary.com; Evergreen Discussion @ Group
> Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is it time to begin retiring
> open-ils.org?
>
> Karen,
> It is a good idea to do the evergreen-ils.org to better represent the
> software
> being discussed/supported.  However, I think 2 things are also
> important:
> 1. Don't use multiple domains. That'll just get confusing over the long
> run.
> Redirecting the existing domain is a good idea but use
> xxxxxx.evergreen-ils.org
> where xxxxxx is "www" or other host names depending on the application.
> (www,
> test, staging, irc and so on as needed).  That'll maintain brand
> recognition.
> 2. keep OpenILS somehow related to the name. At least for me one of the
> key
> "selling" points is that the software is totally open and available.
> This should
> continue to be part of the brand.  Maybe the name of the software should
> be
> "Evergreen: an OpenILS".
>
> That's my  2 US Cents worth.
>
> RobertC
>
> On Thu Aug  7 16:23 , 'Karen G. Schneider' <kgs at esilibrary.com> sent:
>
> >When I got involved with Evergreen one of my questions was "What is
> >'open-ils'?" I found out it was an early name for the software code
> that
> >would become Evergreen.
> >
> >I've been asking various people in the Evergreen community for a few
> >weeks, "What do you think about the idea of retiring 'open-ils'... for
> >example, moving to evergreen-ils.org (and have it also respond
> >toevergreenils.org, and redirect from open-ils.org), eventually
> renaming
> >the lists, IRC channels, etc.?" We reserved both domain names, by the
> >way. So far everyone I've talked to likes the idea (or at least agrees
> >with it). But that's still a small group of people.
> >
> >So now I'm surfacing the question to this list. What do you think? Is
> it
> >time to have our web address, etc. reflect the name, Evergreen? I know
> >my own reasons for preferring the change (my early name was Pooh Bear,
> >but nobody except my mother calls me that any more...and you can't
> >Google me up that way), but I'm just one voice in the community.
> >
> >(Incidentally, open-ils will probably never really "go away"--it's
> >embedded in parts of Evergreen's code. So we'd have that nostalgic
> >connection.)
> >
> >--
> >| Karen G. "No, you cannot call me Pooh Bear" Schneider
> >| Community Librarian
> >| Equinox Software Inc. "The Evergreen Experts"
> >| Toll-free: 1.877.Open.ILS (1.877.673.6457) x712
> >| E-Mail/AIM: kgs at esilibrary.com
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> >
>
>
>
>


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