On Tuesday September 05 2006 4:50 pm, Hani Suleiman wrote: > I think that there's significant interest in renaming the project, > many of the objections are centered about the lack of a better name, > so hopefully this proposal will convince the doubters... > > I propose we call the project Apache Foam. No trademark issues that > I'm aware of, and the name has been positively received so far. > > Pros: > > 1) Easy to type and say > 2) Simple and catchy > 3) no need for abbreviated package names > 4) Doesnt clash with any existing oss projects, so no confusion there
There is OpenFOAM at openfoam.org. However, that is a VERY targeted tool aimed at a fairly small audience. However, I don't think that changes anything as "Apache Foam" should still be different enough to be OK. Then again, IANAL. > 5) Meaningful: 'lightweight soap'. I really would prefer not promoting that. While a cool meaning, the project needs to be viewed as more than just a soap stack. It needs to be views as more of a SOA enabling framework or similar. > Cons: > 1) Doesn't signify that it's the result of xfire + celtix > 2) Not very google friendly, though 'Apache foam' will probably catch > it, and if the project is successful it isn't unthinkable that it > shows up on the frontpage within a few months. That all said, I like it. It certainly beats CeltiXfire in my opinion. Dan and I have plenty of experience changing all the package names. :-) Enjoy! -- J. Daniel Kulp Principal Engineer IONA P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
