Re: [Linux-aus] linux.org.au / linux.conf.au

[Benno <benjl@cse.unsw.edu.au>]

On Sun Sep 17, 2006 at 11:22:51 -0400, Glen Turner wrote:
>Julien Goodwin wrote:
>
>>However the one alternate name for LCA that has sprung to mind is just
>>"open.conf.au", "a conference for open community, code & culture". It
>>could have a footnote of "incorperating linux.conf.au" for the first few
>>years. The other benefit of this name is that as an acronym it can be
>>said as "ocker" :-)
>
>Folks. You don't toss away a brand with a profile like
>linux.conf.au.  You'll only spend the next X years explaining
>that open.conf.au is really just a changed name for linux.conf.au
>and the benefits for the debased "open" tag [1] don't justify
>that cost.

I have to agree with Glen here. We are getting to the point where
people know that linux.conf.au means more than just the Linux kernel.

And I think it is easier to convince the people that don't know that,
than it is to change the name and convince everyone it is still the
same confernce. I know Jeff has a specific example to the contrary,
but this is one out of many. (It just happens this one hits
particularly hard).

Cheers,

Benno