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

+1 to sticking with the full name. cheers, Bill On Mon, May 16, 2022 at 12:52 AM Jeremy Choi <jechoi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > +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 > -- *Bill Burns (*He/Him/His) Operate First Program Manager Technology Strategy Team CTO Organization Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/> bburns(a)redhat.com _______________________________________________ Community mailing list -- community(a)lists.operate-first.cloud To unsubscribe send an email to community-leave(a)lists.operate-first.cloud