Hi Bill,

> The Sinhalese origin of the name has nothing to do with why I voted
> against it -- as I said, I would have voted down 'Apache Rules' as well
> (which I assume is roughly the English translation.) 

OK cool.

>  While I understand
> the space-grabbing issue, that's really something that needs to be work
> out at the PMC level.  Apache is a non-profit organization, so I'm not
> willing to buy any marketing arguments. 

:). You should hang out on [EMAIL PROTECTED] a bit and see the kind
of wrangling that goes on :).

>  With those gone, it would seem
> to me that clarity of purpose should be the strongest consideration made
> during naming.  Apache (WS) Policy or even Policy4J (or their
> Sinhalese/Celtic/hieroglyphic equivalents) are superior choices in my
> mind.  (I don't like Axis(2) either, but nobody is asking for a re-vote.
> 8-])

There's a general preference in Apache for just names instead of domain
catching names. The final decision is up to the community .. 

Sanjiva.

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