Re: Domain and Linux BF

["Aaron D. Turner" <aturner@best.com>]

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On Sun, 1 Nov 1998, Micah Yoder wrote:

> "Aaron D. Turner" wrote:
> 
> > linuxkb.org
> 
> .net!  org is taken...  That's my vote.  It says what we are and is
> fairly easy to remember once you associate kb with knowledge base, is
> not too long.  But I guess we can do a majority rule here....

The problem I see is with the "kb".  I asked a number of people at work
what "kb" stands for and 4 out of 4 people said "kilobyte" or "kilobit".  
One of those asked frequently uses the Microsoft Knowledge Base.  
The fact that we are a "knowledge base" rather than a FAQ, or Q&A site, or
whatever is non-relevant technical jargon.  We are a support site- a place
people come for answers.

What I'm saying is if you're a newbie looking for answers about Linux and
you go to a Yahoo and it comes back with two hits:

www.linuxsupport.net

and

www.linuxkb.net

Which one are you going to choose?  Which one more clearly expresses what
the site is about?  Does either one require previous knowledge to
understand what the domain means, or is the domain name meaningful in a
vacuum?

Vote tally:
linuxkb.net 1
linuxsupport.net 1

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