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For what it's worth (from a lurker like me), I completely agree with
Melanie.
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On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 11:42 AM, Melanie <melanie at t-data.com> wrote:

> A rather presumptuous statement to make. In both parts. First of
> all, users may very well care what they're logging into, and it may
> not be OpenSim. In fact, there are several spins out there that have
> diverged beyond merging and can't properly be called OpenSim anymore.
>
> Melanie
>
> Jor3l Boa wrote:
> > -1, I do not think the user cares about the architecture being used and
> it
> > is obviously opensim
> >
> > 2010/8/21 <diva at metaverseink.com>
> >
> >> <3 it!
> >>
> >>
> >> Rich White wrote:
> >>
> >>> Here is a chicklet icon perhaps to get the ball rolling:
> >>> http://twitpic.com/2gue0y
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ====
> >>>
> >>> On Sat, Aug 21, 2010 at 9:47 AM,  <diva at metaverseink.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> P.S. For people who want to give credit to the project, the "correct"
> way
> >>>> of
> >>>> expressing it is
> >>>> "Powered by OpenSim".
> >>>> At some point it would be nice to have a logo with those words in it.
> >>>> Examples:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://www.google.com/images?q=powered+by+apache&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=univ&ei=5eVvTPSNMYK2sAPu2cCXAg&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CCIQsAQwAA&biw=1306&bih=933
> >>>>
> >>>>
> http://www.google.com/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&biw=1306&bih=933&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=powered+by+CentOS&aq=f&aqi=g1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> diva at metaverseink.com wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> -1 on this.
> >>>>> I'm generally reluctant in using the term "OpenSim" for anything
> other
> >>>>> than the name of this project. It's bad enough that bloggers and the
> >>>>> public
> >>>>> keep confusing the project with its uses, let's not give any more
> >>>>> suggestions in that direction. OpenSim is the infrastructure project,
> >>>>> not
> >>>>> its uses. The users of OpenSim are the world operators, not the
> people
> >>>>> who
> >>>>> login to these worlds.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> In other words, when people login to an OpenSim-based world they are
> not
> >>>>> "logging in to OpenSim"; they are logging in to a world that someone
> >>>>> runs
> >>>>> based on OpenSim. This may seem like an insignificant distinction,
> but
> >>>>> it's
> >>>>> not, it's huge.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> So let's leave it with the generic message that is has now. The
> config
> >>>>> var
> >>>>> is there for people to customize it.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Ai Austin wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> In a recent commit by Justin he suggested that if a change was made
> to
> >>>>>> the default viewer welcome message, it would be useful to get the
> >>>>>> thoughts
> >>>>>> of others first. I do appreciate that most folks will alter the
> string
> >>>>>> anyway, but it is useful out of the box to have useful messages. And
> I
> >>>>>> had
> >>>>>> suggested a change to help differentiate things a bit in an
> immediately
> >>>>>> visible form at the user end, and to brand the system in the
> default.
> >>>>>>  Can I
> >>>>>> suggest this change and see what others think?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Opensim.ini.example         "Welcome to OpenSim"
> >>>>>> Robust.ini.example            "Welcome to OpenSim Grid"
> >>>>>> Robust.HG.ini.example       "Welcome to OpenSim Hypergrid"
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This would have the nice effect of differentiating which
> [Architecture]
> >>>>>> is being used immediately.
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