On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:17 PM, Sean DALY <<a href="http://sdaly.be" target="_blank">sdaly.be</a>@<a href="http://gmail.com" target="_blank">gmail.com</a>> wrote: <div class="gmail_quote"> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> The marketing list has again disappeared, I have added it back, again. </blockquote><div>Weird, thanks. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> This seems reasonable, but all it would do is compromise Sugar on a Stick as a meaningful name. </blockquote><div> Any other suggestion for a generic name for the class of external-media distributions would be fine. Sebastian likes "Sugar Live Media" which works for me. </div><div>> The most generic term for what Sugar on a Stick is "a liveUSB version > of Sugar". This seems somewhat confusing to me, since as a newbie I wouldn't know what 'liveUSB' means and I might be using an SD card. SJ <div><div> On Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 5:22 PM, Caryl Bigenho <<a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi... > > It's sort of like root beer... > > You can buy A&W or Barq's or other private labels... or make your own. It is > still "root beer." > > Sugar on a Stick is really exactly what it says, Sugar running on a usb > stick. It is a very descriptive label. To call other distributions of Sugar > on a usb stick something else would be confusing. However, calling it say, > "Blueberry Sugar on a Stick by Sugar Labs" or "Orange Sugar on a Stick by > Skunk Works" would distinguish the developer and variety without being > confusing and still tell folks what it is. > > Then they could tell one another... "get the Blueberry by SugarLabs, it's > much better than Skunk Works' Orange." > > Remember your, generally, technologically innocent (not all of them) > intended end user. > > Caryl > > > >> Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 12:31:33 +0000 >> From: <a href="mailto:martin@martindengler.com" target="_blank">martin@martindengler.com</a> >> To: <a href="mailto:cbigenho@hotmail.com" target="_blank">cbigenho@hotmail.com</a> >> CC: <a href="mailto:dmc.sugar@filteredperception.org" target="_blank">dmc.sugar@filteredperception.org</a>; <a href="mailto:tabitha@hrdnz.com" target="_blank">tabitha@hrdnz.com</a>; >> <a href="mailto:soas@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">soas@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> >> Subject: Re: [SoaS] updating the draft decision panel report >> >> On Sun, Nov 01, 2009 at 11:08:22PM -0800, Caryl Bigenho wrote: >> >> I'm having trouble squaring this with your earlier >> statement[1]. Aren't you saying both: >> >> > > [let's allow lots of "Sugar On A Stick" products] >> >> and[2]: >> >> > [too many names are confusing] >> >> Please can you explain how to reconcile both [1] and [2]. >> >> > Caryl >> >> Martin >> >> 1. >> > > Hi... I guess I've become the minority. I still believe that the >> > > name "Sugar On A Stick" should be allowed for all distributions of >> > > Sugar on a usb stick or even a live CD. Sugar Labs can control >> > > and identify their special builds in a special way... "SoaS by >> > > SugarLabs" or whatever, but the term has already become so generic >> > > that trying to make it exclusive at this point seems to be a waste >> > > of time and energy. >> >> 2. >> > Having many different names for different versions of Sugar on a usb >> > stick will only confuse them. >> > </div></div><div><div></div><div>> _______________________________________________ > SoaS mailing list > <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a> > > _______________________________________________ SoaS mailing list <a href="mailto:SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">SoaS@lists.sugarlabs.org</a> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/soas</a> </div></div></div></div>