Hi Ard... On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Ard Schrijvers <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM, Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Ard Schrijvers > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:36 AM, Jukka Zitting < > [email protected]> wrote: > >>> My personal favorite so far is "Jonsai" (as in Java + Bonsai) that > >>> Michael D. suggested in a lunch conversation last week. > >> > >> Bonsai might give a perception of small, and not 'BigTree' kind at all > > > > Right, that's why I was trying to come up with something starting from > > the "big tree" idea. The mentioned "BigTree" is IMHO too clunky and > > way too close to the already existing "Bigtop" project [1]. The idea > > Justin was leading with Sequioa (Redwood), Cypress or something > > similar seems promising, but most of such names are already used in > > the software domain. A slightly mangled name like in "Jonsai" might > > work here. > > > > One possible alternative is the "Oak" name I've been using in a > > somewhat related effort within Apache Labs [2]. That effort never went > > I personally like oak a lot. In general I am, but that is of course > just taste, not too charmed with: > > 1) portmanteau's like jonsai > 2) with very complex to write and remember names like Leporidae (sry Nour) > No worries :P > > Oak is catchy, I like oaks, everybody knows what they are, easy to > remember and pronounce, and, for what it's worth, the JIRA key can be > the same as the project name :) > Yeah but Oak is very Java related which is good from one side, but from the other side it has no relation with Rabbits :D. On a second thought, why we are referring to the Rabbit itself why not something very related to it, what about: Carota or Carrot Tree [1] [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot > > +1 for oak > > Regards Ard > > > too far, so if people like it we could reuse the name for jr3. Quoting > > from my Labs mail about the name: "PS. The project name is based on a > > subplot about a mighty oak-tree [3] in the Finnish national epic > > Kalevala. It's also a reference to the large-scale tree hierarchy > > inherent in the planned Oak architecture. I know the name conflicts > > with the old name of Java and a few other projects out there, but at > > least for the duration of the lab I think the name is unique enough." > > > > [1] http://incubator.apache.org/bigtop/ > > [2] http://markmail.org/message/5arnqmom5tel7vtx > > [3] http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/kveng/kvrune02.htm > > > > BR, > > > > Jukka Zitting > > > > -- > Amsterdam - Oosteinde 11, 1017 WT Amsterdam > Boston - 1 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02142 > > US +1 877 414 4776 (toll free) > Europe +31(0)20 522 4466 > www.onehippo.com > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
