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Re: MinK question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark A. Van Dyke)
Mon Mar 20 11:48:03 2000
Message-Id: <200003201647.LAA28312@kamp-krusty.mit.edu>
To: Jonathan McIndoe Hunt <jmhunt@MIT.EDU>
Cc: "Susan B. Jones" <sbjones@MIT.EDU>, Kris Nyzio <knyzio@MIT.EDU>,
is-home@MIT.EDU, sw-release-team@MIT.EDU, bowser@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:04:52 EST."
<4.2.2.20000320100530.040aecb0@po12.mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:47:58 -0500
From: "Mark A. Van Dyke" <mvan@MIT.EDU>
Hi,
I agree that "Kerberos for Windows" is a more consistent name.
However we've spent the last few years training the Windows users of
the MIT community that they need to install MinK to run various
applications. Changing the name without even a word to the various
help desks is likely to cause some initial confusion. Can we at least
include a footnote to say something like "Formally known as MinK"?
Mark
On Mon, 20 Mar 2000 11:04:52 EST you wrote:
> Hi Susan and Kris,
>
> When it first came out, mink stood for Minimum Kerbers Installer. Mink is
> the name for the installer. Please change the product name to "Kerberos
> for Windows." A new installer is not on the radar and changing the name of
> the installer at this point would cause too much confusion.
>
> Leash is one of four applications and a handful of dlls that make up
> Kerberos for Windows. I feel that Leash and the other three applications,
> Kview, Kdestroy, and Fleavius, should be included in the help documentation
> and not on the supported product sheets because it is too much information.
>
> I hope this helps clarify.
>
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
>
> At 09:38 AM 3/20/2000 -0500, Susan B. Jones wrote:
> >Hi Kris,
> >
> >Well, I think Jonathan is right that "Kerberos Utilities for Windows" is a
> >much better name than MinK, however, since the download is called
> >"mink-10-9-98" or whatever, I would prefer to make the change when we
> >change the name of what the download is.
> >
> >I'm not sure why he doesn't want to mention that Leash is installed.
> >Perhaps he can explain.
> >
> >Susan
> >
> >At 9:16 AM -0500 3/20/2000, Kris Nyzio wrote:
> > >Hi Susan,
> > >Jonathan Hunt has requested that MinK be changed to "Kerberos Utilities fo
*r
> > >Windows" on the new product support sheets. Before I make this change, I
> > >thought that I should consult you on it. He is also proposing that we
> > >remove the note stating that MinK also installs Leash. Sorry I can't
> > >forward you his actual comments, but I got all revisions in hard copy
> > >format.
> > >I'll wait to hear your thoughts on this before making the changes requeste
*d.
> > >Thanks,
> > >Kris
>
