 Renaming The Forum, from OESF to ?? |
  Oct 13 2009, 02:59 PM
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the name of this forum/board isn't really that meaningful
what do people think - keep the name, add a bit, lose a bit? the only device which is routinely discussed is the zaurus, so it seems to me that a better name would simply be "the zaurus forum". |
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Oct 15 2009, 01:01 AM
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What about people with Nokia N80/N81 or Simpad or such ?
I think the reason why these forums were originally called OESF was to embrace these other platforms. I can't see a good reason to relegate them. Is "Zaurus" hardware or software ? I agree that Open Embedded Software Foundation is not particularly clear. The "foundation" part makes it sound like a charity. Face it, if you were searching on Google and found that title you probably wouldn't come here to discuss Maemo, Angstrom or Zaurus. |
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Oct 15 2009, 02:47 AM
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QUOTE(koan @ Oct 15 2009, 10:01 AM)  What about people with Nokia N80/N81 or Simpad or such ? I think the reason why these forums were originally called OESF was to embrace these other platforms. I can't see a good reason to relegate them. Is "Zaurus" hardware or software ? I agree that Open Embedded Software Foundation is not particularly clear. The "foundation" part makes it sound like a charity. Face it, if you were searching on Google and found that title you probably wouldn't come here to discuss Maemo, Angstrom or Zaurus. the nokia tablet community is very active on talk.maemo.org and I'd never come here other than to discuss porting maemo to zaurus. I think of the zaurus as a package, hardware platform plus a range of possible OSs. I don't know how active the simpad community is, whether there's alternative sites that are now the focus? the "foundation" part, I agree, is pointless. |
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speculatrix Renaming The Forum Oct 13 2009, 02:59 PM
cortez If "The Zaurus Forum" isn't already ... Oct 13 2009, 09:01 PM Jon_J How about "zaurus-and-open-embedded-devices... Oct 15 2009, 03:11 AM undrwater zaurus and friends Oct 16 2009, 08:51 PM tux 'Zaurus and Friends' sounds good to me. Bu... Oct 17 2009, 01:53 AM dz The reason it is OESF is because Mike and I actual... Oct 17 2009, 08:56 AM
dhns QUOTE(dz @ Oct 17 2009, 06:56 PM) We can ... Oct 17 2009, 09:20 AM koan Are you guys sure that changing the name of the fo... Oct 17 2009, 01:22 PM dhns QUOTE(koan @ Oct 17 2009, 11:22 PM) Open ... Oct 17 2009, 11:00 PM pgas hmm, are you guys aware that there is another Open... Nov 5 2009, 02:23 AM Mickeyl Yeah, that's quite funny, especially consideri... Nov 10 2009, 04:46 PM clubJWP I agree with the original posters idea, there shou... Nov 18 2009, 10:37 PM dougeeebear IIRC, the last time a change was made with Ibibli... Nov 19 2009, 11:36 AM |
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