Re: [Fedora-marketing-list] Re: Red Hat's Fedora to Get Longer Support

[Ama M]

Questions: 
   
  - Who takes the final decision on the name and When?? 
   
  - Are there going to be voting? or put in another way, how will our input on this list
influence the decision?? 
   
  - Have the NAMES for the been narrowed down to "Fedora" and "Fedora
Linux" ?? i dont have any problem with either Fedora or Fedora Linux 
   
  Have nu year to all 
   
  Regards 
   
  Amaechi Mgbeoji Fedora Ambassador, Nigeria 
   
  ----- Original Message ---- 
   
  From: Leo To: fedora-marketing-list(a)redhat.com Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 10:44:20
AM Subject: [Fedora-marketing-list] Re: Red Hat's Fedora to Get Longer Support *
Stephen Krenzel (2007-01-11 02:54 -0500) said: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > I have to agree with
Susmit. "Fedora" is clean and appealing. "Fedora > Linux"
doesn't quite have the same ring to it, I am saying if we were to name it Fedora
Linux, we should use GNU/Linux as GNU is actually the core of the system. > and I
personally feel that there is no need at all to have GNU > anywhere in the name. A lot
of people deserve credit for what makes > Fedora run, no need to single out any one
entity. It's not about credit anyone. It is about protecting our freedom of using
software. > "Linux" has taken on an entirely different meaning than just
"the > kernel" these days. But it is just the kernel. How people understand
it is another matter. > Used in different contexts, people think of linux as either
just the > kernel or as
 all of the components that generally run on top of it > as well to make the operating
system "complete". Regardless, my > recommendation would be to just make the
name "Fedora". Regards, > Steve -- Leo (GPG Key: 9283AA3F) --
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