+1 to Laurent's view. Dissociate the name from technology and design patterns.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 1:19 PM, Laurent Hasson <[email protected]> wrote: > +1 on Cordova/Cordoba. I do like the name, and Ricardo Montalban is hard > to beat as an endorsement. WebKeg is nice too, but may be considered "less > serious" by some players. Although Keg is technically a general > barrel/container :) No beer implied. > > > Thank you > ------------------------------------------------ > - LDH (Laurent Hasson) - > - Technical Director, BlackBerry Web Platform - > - Research In Motion - > - Email: [email protected] - > - Mobile: 646-460-7066 - > ------------------------------------------------ > "Ha ha ha... He doesn't know how to use the three seashells!" - Erwin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick Mueller [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2011 3:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: finding a new name that isn't PhoneGap > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 14:52, Laurent Hasson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I personally like more generic and unique names that aren't tied to a > > particular technology at all (i.e., Tomcat). Not only does technology > move > > fast, but it's also better from a Web search point of view. The brand > will > > build on it by itself as we deliver a great solution (look at "Amazon" > > starting as a book store and evolving to what it is now). > > > > +1 > > In that light, cordova seems like the best name to me. Googling it, I saw > the github repo of Brian's as the first hit on the second page of hits; but > that's just me and my browser. Also, there's this (luckily, different > spelling): http://youtu.be/vIL3fbGbU2o . You can just smell that > Corinthian Leather. > > I know the name "WebKeg" was tossed around, but was that a joke? On one > hand, it implies "lots of beer" to me, which is perhaps not a great > association. On the other hand, I'm reminded of the Big Keg o' Health from > Unreal Tournament (some version before most of you were born, prolly). I > could see a barrel busting out with awesome as a neat "logo" image. I like > "web" in the name, compared to "device", since this project is more about > exploiting web technologies rather than just devices - there are the > "desktop" versions of the runtime to consider as well. > > -- > Patrick Mueller > http://muellerware.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > This transmission (including any attachments) may contain confidential > information, privileged material (including material protected by the > solicitor-client or other applicable privileges), or constitute non-public > information. Any use of this information by anyone other than the intended > recipient is prohibited. If you have received this transmission in error, > please immediately reply to the sender and delete this information from > your system. Use, dissemination, distribution, or reproduction of this > transmission by unintended recipients is not authorized and may be unlawful. >
