On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Viras <[email protected]> wrote: > If we go for mythology suggestions I would like to throw "Charon" into > the hat. It was the ferrymen in greek mythology - (similar to the bridge).
But Charon brought dead people to the other side... in Phonegaps case who are the dead people and what actually is the other side? ;-) Cheers > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon_%28mythology%29 > > Best, > Wolfgang > > Am 03.11.2011 17:46, schrieb Laurent Hasson: >> Was looking at those too a few days ago... You need to consider ease of >> spelling for people and easy searchability, so the umlat is cute, but hard >> to type for most people I expect :) >> >> But otherwise, +1 on the idea. That's exactly the type of name we need. >> >> >> 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: Christian Grobmeier [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2011 12:27 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: finding a new name that isn't PhoneGap >> >> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Simon MacDonald >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> However, I would be remiss not to push my own suggestion one more >>> time. I'd go with Apache Bifröst (complete with umlat). The Bifröst is >>> a bridge in Norse mythos that connects Midgard (Earth) with Asgard >>> (realm of the gods). In our connotation it would connect the native >>> layer (Earth) with the web layer (realm of the gods). >> >> I am a huge fan of norther mythology and therefore love this suggestion. >> >> But one needs to consider that a trojan horse has been called Bifröst too: >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bifrost_(trojan_horse) >> >> Other spellings are Bilröst, Beberast and Ásbrú. >> >> What comes to mind is the Ase Heimdall is protecting this bridge. >> Probably Apache Heimdall would make another good one. >> >> Cheers >> Christian >> >>> >>> Simon Mac Donald >>> http://hi.im/simonmacdonald >>> >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:29 AM, Viras <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> For all cordoba fans you maybe should google for cordoba 1978 ;). >>>> >>>> In general I would avoid a place name for use as a brand, since it is >>>> already a "brand" by definition. >>>> In addition taking a look at geonames and searching for cordoba reveals >>>> many similar place names: >>>> http://www.geonames.org/search.html?q=cordoba&country= >>>> >>>> Best, >>>> Wolfgang >>>> >>>> Am 03.11.2011 09:45, schrieb Bertrand Delacretaz: >>>>> On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 1:17 AM, Jesse MacFadyen <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> +1 for Gastown. That's a great name. >>>>> >>>>> Except that many french-speaking people will inevitably think of >>>>> http://www.gastonlagaffe.com/ - a comic about a stupid (and funny) >>>>> office worker named Gaston Lagaffe, which means something like "Gaston >>>>> Mishap". >>>>> >>>>> -Bertrand >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> GOFG - Get On Fat Guy >>>> http://www.gofg.at/ - powered by PhoneGap >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > -- > GOFG - Get On Fat Guy > http://www.gofg.at/ - powered by PhoneGap > -- http://www.grobmeier.de
