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Damaster, I am NOT asking every member of XOOPS to sign with their real name. And since I am just a normal member, thus I'm applying the same standard to me as to others.
However, if somebody is an officer of XOOPS, i.e. is a member of the council, etc. and makes or influences decisions about XOOPS Foundation and how we spend the money there, then I think, it's only fair that these people say who they are.
I don't think that any auditor or legal counselor of an organization where money is involved, would say that this is OK that people are involved in financial decisions and we don't know their real names. Look at Linux, Apache, and Joomla, and everybody knows who the leaders are.
If we're saying that we want XOOPS to be the #1 CMS and be accepted by companies and press, then we should act according to it.
It seems to me that to a certain degree we're still in the "hacker mentality" with our leaders using nick names. And as such, it will be hard for us to find acceptance among corporate world to use XOOPS, and among press to promote it.
Joomla is way better in Public Relations, getting awards, etc. than us. But they come across way more professional than us.
For me there is a difference between these two sites:
http://www.joomla.org/content/blogcategory/43/85/https://xoops.org/modules/wfchannel/index.php?pagenum=17with Joomla looking more professional and creating a sense of credibility.