[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 at 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) -- Fedora-marketing-list mailing list Fedora-marketing-list at redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-marketing-list

 
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