Hi,
After repeatedly struggling with whether it was 'OpenStack' or 'Openstack', I decided to look it up. It occurred to me that this was not the only name out there that I sometimes struggled with, so I started a wiki page[1] collecting this information.
Note that my intention is just to have a reference we can consult when we're not sure, not to try to criticize anyone who has ever typed one of these (often seemingly erratically capitalized) things incorrectly or anything of the sort.
Please feel free to update the page with other content as needed, but please, please, please make sure what you're adding is unquestionably accurate. (I've tried to add links to official sources showing the usage where possible.)
Of note, there are some upstream things I'm not sure about:
* I usually write 'Image Factory', but I see that imgfac.org writes the name as 'imagefactory'. In conversations we often say 'Factory'. Is 'imagefactory' the proper spelling and capitalization?
* Tim? tim? TIM? I've seen all three used. Is one definitely correct?
(Oh, and for the record -- it turns out it's 'OpenStack', with the 'S' capitalized.)
-- Matt
[1] https://github.com/aeolusproject/aeolusproject.github.com/wiki/Writing-Style...
It's gone through a few iterations Image Factory -> ImageFactory -> imgfac/imagefactory
At one point I was trying to use ImageFactory to refer to the project and imagefactory to refer to the thing you run. We're evolving into more of a core framework (imgfac), a set of plugins, and tools that use these (such as imagefactory and imagefactoryd).
When referring to the project, I think it's reasonable to use imgfac and imagefactory interchangeably.
-steve
On Jan 15, 2013, at 1:39 PM, Matt Wagner matt.wagner@redhat.com wrote:
- I usually write 'Image Factory', but I see that imgfac.org writes the
name as 'imagefactory'. In conversations we often say 'Factory'. Is 'imagefactory' the proper spelling and capitalization?
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