Actually the umlat was a joke. To me an umlat conjures up images of 1970's and 80's hair metal bands so I'd say leave it out. Apache Heimdall sounds good to me too.
Simon Mac Donald http://hi.im/simonmacdonald On Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Laurent Hasson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>> >> > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. >
