Forum OpenACS Q&A: Response to Time for a name change?

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Posted by Paul Sharples on
Don,

I was alluding to Joel Natividad's suggestion to utilise the poll module which has become buried under an avalanche of name suggestions, name deconstructions and calls to clarify what aspect of the Ars Digita/ACS relationship the new name should emphasise. So, yes, there's been only one post raising the issue of actually managing the actual selection (funny, I thought there were more than this) and my comment was unfair, though any hostility was unintentional.

Maybe a new name will appear through popular consensus... but I doubt it (I'll be happy to be proved wrong though). I remember Debian running a logo contest for months with no clear winner before someone (Bruce Perens, I think) eventually picked one simply to conclude the proceedings.

In our case, I suspect that if someone of similar stature were to unilaterally declare a "winner", I would find it easier to live with than if a (IMO) lousy name were voted in, where I'd probably regret not having lobbied harder.

Incidentally, is anyone at liberty to comment on why Sean Y is now deleted?