Thinking a bit more about on my own reactions to "Cordova"... If the name ellicits a relationship with the city in Spain, the "v" jumps at me, but if it is a relationship with the street in Vancouver, then it's OK.
A cute logo could create the Vancouver/Street association. Logos don't show in press releases, but they are very visible in web pages. - eduard/o On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Laurent Hasson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm are we over-thinking this a bit? I am for Cordoba myself, but > frankly, either is good, and so much better than anything else we have come > up with. > > Flip a coin? > > > ___________________________________________ > LDH (Laurent Hasson) > Technical Director, BlackBerry Web Platform > Research In Motion > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: 646-460-7066 > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > "That's who you remind me of: an evil Mr. Rogers!" - Simon Phoenix > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Sent from my BlackBerry Torch! > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ben Plowman [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 09:28 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [VOTE] rename callback to cordova > > An important consideration is that while many languages, including English, > tend to rename countries (Deutschland -> Germany, España -> Spain, > Nederland > -> The Netherlands), renaming cities is much less common. Berlin stays > Berlin, and the same is true of Madrid, Amsterdam, and so forth. Equally > important, in this specific case English-speakers still use "Cordoba." If > you Google "Cordova, Spain" (with the quotes), Google will ask you "Did you > mean 'Cordoba, Spain'?". > > I really like that Cordova is the name of the street where Nitobi was based > and think that's a perfect basis for naming the project. It has a great > answer to the inevitable question "why is it called that?" which other > software projects (ahem, GNU) have done a poor job answering. Since far > more people have heard of Cordoba the city than have heard of Cordova the > street, it makes sense to keep the same great backstory and just change the > spelling slightly to better appeal to the majority to whom it sounds > peculiar. For those people, I suspect Cordova sounds a bit like "Peking" > does to most of us today. > > For those reasons, I think Cordoba with a "B" is the best option, and it > has my vote, though it appears that some sort of re-voting may be required > with multiple options so that it is a proper vote. > > --Ben > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Shazron <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I appreciate that it is considered a misspelling outside of Spain - > > but I believe Cordova is just the name known for Córdoba in the > > English speaking world. Like Germany is the English name for > > Deutschland or Allemagne in French. > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 4:23 PM, eduardo pelegri-llopart > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Same here. As a native Spanish speaker, I shudder every time I see > > Spanish > > > names mistreated in the US (and/or Canada). > > > > > > I appreciate the intent to link the project to the history of Nitobi, > > but I > > > doubt most Spanish speaking will recognize it as such. Much more > likely > > it > > > will be seen as (yet another) misspelling of a Spanish name. > > > > > > - eduard/o > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Abu Obeida Bakhach < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > >> +1 for Cordoba, which is the more accurate pronunciation. Here are > the > > >> reasons: > > >> > > >> - the original city in Spain is called Cordoba all right. > > >> Wiki link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B3rdoba,_Spain > > >> City link: http://www.cordoba.es/ > > >> - the Cordova name is a variation that came after in naming the US > > cities > > >> in the new world. > > >> - as a Spanish and Arabic speaker, Cordoba just sounds right :) > > >> > > >> Thanks for considering > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Shazron [mailto:[email protected]] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:05 AM > > >> To: [email protected] > > >> Subject: Re: [VOTE] rename callback to cordova > > >> > > >> +1 for Cordova. > > >> > > >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 10:51 AM, Brian LeRoux <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > The subject says it all. If we're going to change it sooner is > better. > > >> > We had rough consensus for Cordova in earlier threads so lets make > it > > >> > official. > > >> > > > >> > +1 > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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. >
