Question for the WG (and SIG) -- do you want to keep "Workstation"?

[Christian Schaller]

Hi Matthew,
Been pondering that for a while too, my current thinking though is that if we 
are to switch it we should maybe choose a more 'brand' style name as opposed 
to a functional one. So instead of calling it workstation, desktop or client 
I would be tempted to give it a unique name. When describing the idea to people 
I have tended to use 'Fedora Bluecurve' as an example name, although that specific
 name of course has its own set of baggage :)

Christian



----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matthew Miller" <mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
> To: "Discussions about development for the Fedora desktop" <desktop at lists.fedoraproject.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2014 9:01:20 PM
> Subject: Question for the WG (and SIG) -- do you want to keep "Workstation"?
> 
> I'm intentionally breaking the threading here since I think it's a top-level
> topic. The following is from Christian:
> 
> > 1. The name is not important here, we might as well have called the
> > product working group the Desktop Working Group or the Client Working
> > Group. The name workstation was chosen mostly to emphasize that technical
> > users are of importance to us. So please do not get hung up on the name.
> 
> I agree, and also, I think the direction has gone a little differently from
> what we were originally thinking about with the "Workstation" name. As I
> noted elsewhere, things going differently from my first thoughts is the
> process working. :)
> 
> If there's going to be a name change, I think it's probably better somewhat
> sooner rather than later. It might be a good idea to talk with Fedora
> Marketing too. So... yeah. Open floor on this idea. Does "workstation"
> really convey what this product will be all about? What would be better?
> Plain old "Fedora Desktop" is still on the table, for sure. "Fedora Bob" is
> probably a bad idea....
> 
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