Hi All When we donated the Naked Objects project to Apache, all those years ago, we had to change its name. This was because a commercial version (ported to .NET) was the focus of the business and it used that original name. That name described the framework so well, even if it raised a few eyebrows.
Dan and I discussed new names at length, looking for something descriptive, pithy and memorable. Given what we were changing it from, the task was rather hard. What we settled on gave us something unique and terse, using something that was common to us three--we all lived in towns next to this river (more commonly known as the Thames)--and it also had that goddess connection. After a while that choice started to look poor. Unfortunately associations matter and I have no doubt there has been an effect to this. A local friend, who invests in businesses in the area, commented to me that many companies in the area (particularly Oxford) have had to change their company names over the recent years. To me, this is reminiscent of an old VW Golf advert, where a guy is wandering back from the casino and the voice over explains that he had put everything on black and it had come up red. He then gets into his Golf and the implication is that he still has the most important thing. We started with a great framework and picked the wrong name. Yet we still have the important part. To me Causeway sound intentional, it'll take you somewhere. This gets my vote. The others are fine, but I would put the simpler one first, so: 1) Causeway; 2) Alma; 3) Kokoro. Hey, but don't listen to me. Look what happened last time! Best regards Robert > On 24/05/2022 09:46 Dan Haywood <d...@haywood-associates.co.uk> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > We've talked a lot about changing the name of the framework, see for > example ISIS-1303 [1]. So this thread, is, finally, to start the process > > There have been an awful lot of suggestions; talking informally/offline > with the other committers, we think there are a few front-runners. So the > vote below lists these, but if none appeal then you can vote for something > else. > > So, please cast vote your vote for one of the following: > > 1. change the framework's name to Apache *Alma* > 2. change the framework's name to Apache *Causeway* > 3. change the framework's name to Apache *Kokoro* > 4 *don't change *the framework's name > 5. do change the framework's name, but I don't like any of them, give me > some *other choices*! > > Background on the first three choices: > > *Alma* - technically speaking, is a piece of wood (a little round pole) > within a stringed instrument such as a violin [2], connecting the > soundboards etc. What it means though "heart" or "soul" -think "alma > mater", so the metaphor is that we are connecting business with technology, > or acting as the heart of the business. > > *Causeway* - taken from the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland, a > geological feature characterised by hexagonal basalt columns [3]. The > metaphor here is again "causeway" meaning bridge, but the hexagons also are > reminiscent of the hexagonal architecture common to DDD. > > *Kokoro* - is a Japanese word meaning something connecting heart, mind, > body and spirit [4]. It has been trendy in the past to use Japanese words. > > In case anyone wants a reminder, our current name *Isis* comes from the > name of the River Thames as it wanders through Oxford (the original > authors of the framework all used to live in Oxfordshire). Isis of course > was an Egyptian goddess [5]. > > For voting, hopefully there will be a clear winner, but it might make sense > to rank your preferences. If there are no clear winners then, well, we'll > go round the loop - we don't want to force through a change that no-one is > happy with. > > Normally votes are at least 72 hours, but we intend to keep this one open > longer than that, at least we've had a few contributions to the thread. > Only committers to the framework have a formal vote, but it'd be good to > hear the views of as many users of the framework as we can. > > Thanks > Dan (co-drafted with Johan). > > > > [1] https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ISIS-1303 > [2] > https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-odn0l-W5zow/Wmim3CiDJNI/AAAAAAAAG8c/ZiJPbHSbhHUEumzpxw1ZYNmIfb8IXnBjQCLcBGAs/s1600/20120919201309.jpg > [3] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%27s_Causeway#/media/File:Causeway-code_poet-4.jpg > [4] > https://qz.com/946438/kokoro-a-japanese-word-connecting-mind-body-and-spirit-is-also-driving-scientific-discovery/ > [5] > https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis#:~:text=Isis%20is%20a%20goddess%20in,greatest%20goddesses%20of%20Ancient%20Egypt > .
