Hani, You are correct that there are a number of important considerations in picking a name. However, since we are still in the very early days of this project now is the time to pick one that works. Our adoption and branding efforts are still nascent and will recover easier if we change the name now. As for community acceptance, I think that is why Dan called this vote. There has been a lot of push back from the Apache community about the name and a few political scuffles. Dan's suggestion, while it may be hard to type and be completely meaningless, is one that preserves some of the history behind the project, is being used as a shorthand by many people, and has a better chance of long term community acceptance. The meaningless nature of the name is a red herring. Many projects, and products, have names that have little relationship to the actual function or form of the product. I also find that cxf is easier to type than CeltiXfire. If you have a different suggestion please offer it up. Cheers, Eric J.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Hani Suleiman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 3:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Officially rename the project to Apache CXF > > Oh I dunno, adoption? Community acceptance? The whole minor issue of > brand? > > It's a silly name that'd hard to type, hard to pronounce, and means > absolutely nothing. > > On Oct 6, 2006, at 3:17 PM, Peter Jones wrote: > > > > > +1 > > > > After all, what's in a name? ;) > > > > I'd say make the de facto official. > > > > Cheers, > > Peter > > > > On Fri, Oct 06, 2006 at 02:01:05PM -0400, Daniel Kulp wrote: > >> > >> I'd like to vote to officially rename the project to Apache CXF. > >> > >> I'm extremely +1. > >> > >> > >> There are a lot reasons to do so: (summary of previous discussions) > >> [...] > > > > -- > > Peter Jones > > IONA Technologies Inc. > > E-Mail: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel: (w) 709-738-3725 x22 | Fax: 709-738-3745 > > 84-86 Elizabeth Ave. St. John's, NL A1A 1W7 Canada
