[Community] Re: "Op1st" as formal short-hand for "the Operate First project"

+1. There were a few times I had to additionally clarify when I mentioned 'OP1ST' to my colleagues who heard of the initiative for the first time. On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 3:56 AM Marcel Hild <mhild(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > +1 on Lars' argument and thinking. I second keep calling it "Operate > First" and add qualifiers as need, like "Operate First Community Cloud" > > On Fri, May 13, 2022 at 7:47 PM Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars(a)redhat.com&gt; > wrote: > >> On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 06:47:37PM -0700, Karsten Wade wrote: >> > Of all the options I've seen — OF, OPF, O1, Op1st — it is "Op1st" that >> is >> > most distinct and actually reflective of the brand as existing >> shorthands >> > for "operation/operate" and "first". >> >> I've always felt that "Op1st" is clunky. The correct pronunciation >> doesn't really follow from the spelling if you're not already familiar >> with Operate First. It looks like a clever numeric contraction -- like >> "i18n" or "l10n", but it isn't. >> >> If I wanted a shorthand for referring to Operate First, I would go >> with either "opf" (because that's already in wide use through our own >> configuration and documentation), or possibly "O1" as a distant >> second. >> >> If I were looking to differentiate "operate first", the concept, vs >> "operate first", a particular implementation of that concept: I guess >> I would follow the example that's already been given for Fedora, and >> just keep calling things "operate first", adding qualifiers as >> necessary ("operate first cluster", etc). Spelling it "Op1st" and >> still pronouncing it "operate first" doesn't seem to do anything but >> sew confusion and practically we end up in the same place. >> >> -- >> Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars(a)redhat.com&gt; | larsks @ {irc,twitter,github} >> http://blog.oddbit.com/ | N1LKS >> _______________________________________________ >> Community mailing list -- community(a)lists.operate-first.cloud >> To unsubscribe send an email to community-leave(a)lists.operate-first.cloud >> > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list -- community(a)lists.operate-first.cloud > To unsubscribe send an email to community-leave(a)lists.operate-first.cloud > _______________________________________________ Community mailing list -- community(a)lists.operate-first.cloud To unsubscribe send an email to community-leave(a)lists.operate-first.cloud