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SUSE appliance program and JeOS announced
Novell, has announced the launch of the SUSE appliance program. "The SUSE Appliance Program will enable ISVs to bundle their
applications with customized versions of the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform
and to deliver the bundle as a software appliance, which can be run
natively on x86-based hardware, or as a virtual appliance, which includes a
paravirtualized kernel designed to deliver optimal performance in a
virtualized environment."
Also announced is "SUSE Linux Enterprise JeOS", a minimized version of SUSE Linux. "The term JeOS refers to a customized operating system that precisely fits the needs of a particular application. The application's OS requirements can be determined manually or with an analytical tool. JeOS includes only the pieces of an operating system required to support a particular application and any other third-party components contained in the appliance." (Log in to post comments)
Who owns the name JeOS? Posted Apr 16, 2008 15:08 UTC (Wed) by Felix_the_Mac (guest, #32242) [Link] Ubuntu are already using that name - 'JeOS Just enough operating system'. http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/serveredition... Legal dispute ahead?
Who owns the name JeOS? Posted Apr 16, 2008 15:30 UTC (Wed) by marduk (subscriber, #3831) [Link] I don't see that Canonical has acquired a trademark for "JeOS" (http://www.ubuntu.com/aboutus/trademarkpolicy.
Who owns the name JeOS? Posted Apr 16, 2008 16:23 UTC (Wed) by kripkenstein (subscriber, #43281) [Link] Well that page might not have been updated for a while, no idea. But the legal aspect is just one issue here. Thing is, Canonical came out with a product and a cute, original name for it (unless someone else invented it before?). Then some time later Novell uses the same cute name for a competing product. This isn't a nice thing thing to do, in fact, it's hard to think of examples of it occurring - it goes against the 'code of honor' in this business (or, frankly, most other ones as well). That's what's surprising to me in this. Unless, as I said before, the term JeOS is in fact generic and has been invented before Canonical; in that case, ignore everything I wrote here.
Who owns the name JeOS? Posted Apr 16, 2008 17:33 UTC (Wed) by sbergman27 (subscriber, #10767) [Link] """ This isn't a nice thing thing to do, in fact, it's hard to think of examples of it occurring """ Mozilla Firebird. It was an ugly scene. Mozilla, being open source's darling at the time, was quite arrogant regarding the matter before they finally relented (claiming that Firebird was just an internal code name in a face-saving move). And the ugly stink that IBPhoenix made at the time, even advocating the spamming of certain Mozilla devs' email boxes, was what put them on the map. Few had even heard of FirebirdDB previous to that. I came away thinking less of both projects' leaders. And still do to this day.
Who owns the name JeOS? Posted Apr 17, 2008 0:32 UTC (Thu) by pzb (subscriber, #656) [Link] Actually, I believe that it was VMware that came up with the name. Srinivas Krishnamurti, in the VMware executive blog at http://blogs.vmware.com/console/2007/07/get-juiced.html, just used the name in July, 2007. He talks about it as a generic term, discussing how even Microsoft is adopting JeOS concepts. Canonical announced their JeOS version two months later, in September. I would credit it to VMware, if to anyone in particular.
Who owns the name JeOS? Posted Apr 17, 2008 4:44 UTC (Thu) by kripkenstein (subscriber, #43281) [Link] It seems you are correct, thanks for the info. I guess Canonical was just the first to come out with a product using the name. Good to know that there isn't any funny business going on with use of the term.
Who owns the name JeOS? Posted Apr 16, 2008 15:53 UTC (Wed) by tzafrir (subscriber, #11501) [Link] In wikipedia the JeOS page links to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_enough_operating_system Aparantly not a specific trademark.
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