On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 12:19:26PM -0400, Hugh Brock wrote: > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 04:55:24PM +0100, Martyn Taylor wrote: > > Gentlemen, > > > > To follow rubygem tradition we have decided to come up with a more > > catchy name for Image Management Engine. Because, well, Image > > Management Engine is pretty dull. This task is harder than it > > seems. It turns out the creative side of my mind has been locked > > away in a little box. I'm hoping one day I'll find the key, but > > right now it's looking grim so I'm relying on you guys for > > inspiration :) > > > > We're open to all suggestions wackier the more memorable :). One > > thing we would like is do is keep in with the Cloud or Conductor > > theme. > > > > Any ideas? > > Image management engine is the API for Factory and the data structures > associated with images and templates, right? > > Factory wraps Oz. Oz is (I believe) so named because it operates in an > imaginary land (the virtual machine). You get to Oz via Kansas. So, you > could call the thing Kansas... or maybe more poetically, "tornado" or > "whirlwind." > > Or if you wanted to be off the wall you could just call it "Winged > Monkey" and let people ask. > > I thought of "Emerald City" too, but I'm not sure exactly how that > relates, other than that the Emerald City has gates, and the IME is kind > of a gateway to Oz in a sense. > > This is such fun... > > --H > > -- > == Hugh Brock, [email protected] == > == Engineering Manager, Cloud BU == > == Aeolus Project: Manage virtual infrastructure across clouds. == > == http://aeolusproject.org == > > "I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I’m > not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant." > --Robert McCloskey
twister and cyclone are other nice names for tornadoes.
