Re: [Webware-discuss] official name and protocol

[Jason H. <ja...@pe...>]

On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 16:12, Todd Grimason wrote:
> - is the full name 'Webware' or 'Webware for Python'?

AFAIK the official name is "Webware for Python", to disambiguate from other uses 
of the term "Webware" or "WebWare" on the internet.

> - if the latter, is it really necessary to have 'for Python'?
> - i think a more functional 'sub title' such as 'application server',
> or 'web components', or 'framework', or something along those
> lines would be better in both a marketing and informative
> sense. 'appserver' of course is the most marketingese, and I'd guess
> makes some people shudder. But I don't think that should discount it.

I think for a lot of people, the fact that it's Python is important -- so I
wouldn't necessarily want to throw that away.  But I agree that a more
functional subtitle could be beneficial.

> - are any color palettes/schemes ruled in or out? or are we still
> wide
> open?

I'd say it's wide open until someone starts working on a site.  And even
after that it's not too late to change, you just have to deal with inertia. :)

> - does any of this effort require approval from any particular
> people?
> from Chuck for example? or is this group consensus? this is an area
> that often seems to trip up these types of efforts, so it'd be good
> to know ahead of time...

Good question.  I don't know if Chuck considers himself to be the Webware
BDFL -- I'll let him speak to that.  :)  

My take on the situation is that most developers are very busy and don't
have huge amounts of time to invest in the project right now, but would
be very happy to see a new website.

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Jason D. Hildebrand
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