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

[Karen G. Schneider]

A very good discussion.

It's only been less than a week, but so far I haven't heard any 
objections to the core suggestion.

The idea Brandon, Chris, and David raise sounds a lot like a tagline, as in:

Evergreen: Open Library Software

or

Evergreen ILS: Open, Strong, Secure

Etcetera...

Taglines aren't important when you get so big everyone knows what you 
represent, but they can be helpful in establishing something not as 
well-known. Note that Evergreen isn't the only open ILS, so ideally, the 
tagline should establish what makes Evergreen what it is.

Karen G. Schneider
kgs at esilibrary.com

David Christensen wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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
>     PINES System Administrator
>     Georgia Public Library Service
>     1800 Century Place, Suite 150
>     Atlanta, GA 30345-4304
>     (404) 235-7147
>     csharp at georgialibraries.org <mailto:csharp at georgialibraries.org>
>
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>     Discussion @ Group
>     Subject: Re: [OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Is it time to begin retiring
>     open-ils.org <http://open-ils.org>?
>
>     Karen,
>     It is a good idea to do the evergreen-ils.org
>     <http://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 <http://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
>