Re: Domain and Linux BF

[Roger Dingledine <arma@mit.edu>]

In message <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811011610140.28941-100000@shell5.ba.best.com>,
 aturner@best.com writes:
>> > 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....

I mailed to the guy who owns linuxkb.org. I'll let you know if/when he
responds.

>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.  

Woah. That's hardly a fair survey. :) If you'd asked them what "linux KB"
stood for, I bet you would hear a lot fewer "linux kilobyte" responses.
And if you'd said "linuxkb..you know, for answering questions" you would
have gotten an even better response.

>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.

But this is very true. 

>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?

Why are we aiming for .net here? Because it's a place, not an organization?

>Vote tally:
>linuxkb.net 1
>linuxsupport.net 1

What are our goals here? To provide answers to frequently asked questions
in a convenient and fast format? Or to allow people to go and ask their
questions, and then give them personal responses, similar to what
http://www.ch4549.org/lust/ tries to do?

I think we'd be misleading people if we went with linuxsupport.

--Roger