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Open Source Media Changes Name
SPYvSPY writes "In a move that emphasizes the differences between the blog media and big media, the so-called 'Open Source Media' group changed their name back to 'Pajamas Media' in response to public criticism, including (presumably) yesterday's posting on Slashdot. Regardless of any political bent in their coverage, Pajamas Media acknowledged the public's criticisms and did something about it with remarkable speed, frankness and good humor."
My previously mentioned Free Software, Inc. will now be called Open Source Media, Inc.
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They change their name and get lots of publicity. They change it back, they got lots more publicity, and praise on Slashdot. Is that about right? Seems the name change did exactly what it was meant to.
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Jonathan Klein of CNN was debating with Stephen Hayes about the CBS forgery scandal. Klein said that "Bloggers have no checks and balances . . . it is just a guy sitting in his living room in his pajamas."
And so, a new champion rised in the world of horribly silly open-source names.
Is the point really to make the application / technology users blush when they have to give away the name?
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First they lie about owning opensourcemedia.net, which is owned by Christopher Lydon's radio outlet. Then they lie about owning opensourcemedia.com, which is owned by Zope. They create some BS explanation for how the acronym is "easier to type", and we are supposed to grant them any credibility. They my be famous bloggers, but their notions about running a new website show them to be hacks when it comes to IT issues.
Whose bedroom are they reporting from?
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Well, that puts that one to bed...
They are getting a lot of attention on this. I, personally, had never heard of Pajamas Media before this. I'm sure they are soaking up the aftermath of this debate with a lot of free advertising.
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Unfortunately, it seems that this is one of the myths they'll never be able to bust. The myth about the so-called New Media not being media, about blogs being the voice of the experts. I mean, fuck, look at us, the commentators on one of the bigger blogs -- we're nothing but a bunch of egomaniacs who think that they "get it", but really don't when it comes to application development, IT, networking, etc... Unfortunately, we're far too common.
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It signifies an unprofessional attitude rather than a clever PR stunt. If they had a slashdotter in their core team, I think they would have thought of running a search in the USPTO database before settling on a name. Any PR from an extra slashdot post is miniscule compared to the unprofessional appearance this resulted in.
I don't think Pajamas Media will stay as a name for long either....
Dislaimer: Slashdot is a part of the Open Source Technology Group. Please don't sue us....
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we're nothing but a bunch of egomaniacs who think that they "get it", but really don't when it comes to application development, IT, networking, etc... Unfortunately, we're far too common.
Speaking as a card-carrying egomaniac, I'd like to think that I come up with a few cogent and well reasoned ideas now and then. And the fact is this is a forum for people's knowledge as well as their opinions. I find that more often than not, people here open up avenues of discussion about topics that the mainstream media won't touch because they don't fit conveniently into a sound bite or might piss off the advertisers.
Maybe not everyone here has two neurons to rub together, but I think the vast majority of us can back up our egos with knowledge and common sense.
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In English "Pajamas" is "Pyjamas". Its not a mispelling, its just the crazy American way of spelling the work.
According to TFA, the OSM name came from a 'branding company'. Now, personally, if I'd hired 'experts' to come and design my 'corporate image' and ended up with this fiasco, I'd be looking to get my money back. I suspect a lot of people would be looking for not just a refund but 'compensation' for the 'damage' done to them (not that in the end they're really damaged, I think... lots of free publicity... but you know how these things work.) I'd sure like to know who the 'branding' company' was so that I can be sure to never, ever hire them or see them hired by any employer of mine...
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Open Source, South Carolina. State chosen to make the city name hard to pronounce. Everybody lives in caravans because nobody can keep people off their land.
Pajamas, Pennsylvania (alliteration is fun)
Indymedia, Indiana. It's placed smack dab in the middle of Indiana.
Sourceforge, Georgia
Windows, Wisconsin. Just make city ordinance requiring everybody to paint their houses blue. Elevators have this installed.
Pajamas, Nevada. (A bedroom community outside Las Vegas.)
Pajamas, New Mexico. New media. New Mexico. Pronounced in a Spanish accent. "Pahamas". Gets lots of tourists who thought they were going to the Bahamas.
Starbucks, The Moon. (A mining community in Mare Nectaris. If your name contains "Star", it better be related to space.)
Slashdot, Kansas. You love torrents. Now build a torrent-proof basement. And ruby slippers. Situated on the railway line between Darwin, Kansas and Pat Robertson, Kansas.
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That's the 'how to get started with Zope page'. They've apparently set up a web server, installed Zope, and then didn't bother to configure the actual site. It's the equivalent of the IIS 'No web page is yet configured for this address' page.