[Brug-talk] Setup BRUG website

[Peter Vanbroekhoven]

Peter Vandenabeele wrote:
> Just some loose ideas (nto good as such, but can trigger other (better) ideas):
> 
> * I think that domains with a - are less good
> * RubyBelgium.be ???
> * Rubium.be ???
> * rubug.be ???
> * rubyug.be ???
> 
> * usergroup.ruby.be  ???
> * brug.ruby.be  ???
>   (only if the owner of ruby.be wants commit to yield this
>    subdomain permanently and irrevocably to this usergroup ?)

First of all, I would prefer a domain name that has the name of the user
group in it. This is for instant recognition, but also to differentiate
from other user groups that may emerge in the future even though maybe
we hope that won't happen. Currently, the name is BRUG. We could still
change it, though it has seeped into a lot of places already, like the
mailing list names, the Rubyforge project, announcements, ... It can be
a subdomain of a domain that does not mention a user group at all, just
Ruby.

Also, I tend to dislike domain names that just concatenate words and
abbreviations. On the other hand, I don't mind dashes (-) in domain
names. I guess that is a personal preference.

The ideal to me is brug.ruby.be, but then I would like to get hold of
the top level domain as well because it allows us to go broader if this
thing takes off and we offer information, activities, etc. outside the
user group itself. Or am I dreaming too much?

Hmmmm, another possiblity is rubyist.be. One existing word, no
compromises, and available. User group would be brug.rubyist.be. In my
opinion, after ruby.be, this is the next best thing.

Regards,
Peter Vanbroekhoven
XaoP