Niclas Hedhman a écrit : > Since we seem to be anti-bikeshedding, I am pulling out one metric that may > influence a choice. This is the main reason I like the fabricated Accalyzer > name. Easily searchable, to track StackOverflow, and other venues where it > may surface. > > "Google hit count, ascending" > > - Accalyzer = 0 > - Zuqi = 80,600 > - Mescal(ero) (Google also report Mezcal) = 1,270,000 > - Zop = 2,940,000 > - Gulu = 10,800,000 > - Zebu = 2,770,000 > - Abalone = 15,400,000 > - Zeno = 18,800,000 > - Verdure = 24,000,000 > - Stamina = 41,900,000 > - Zenith = 75,600,000 > - Zulu = 77,200,000 > - Puma = $79,000,000 > - Akira = 123,000,000 > - Qi = 161,000,000 > - Zoe = 173,000,000 > - Zen = 297,000,000 > - Essence = 305,000,000 > - COP = 306,000,000 > - Aura = 324,000,000 > - Zopper = 597,000,000 > - Energy = 1,500,000,000
These numbers shed some light, but I'm not sure it's a good metric tough. Google ranking is interesting with a set of words, stackoverflow use tags etc.. Among the Apache project there're very common words, e.g. from the top of the list: Ace, Arrow, Blur, Camel, Chainsaw, Cocoon, Directory, Falcon and the list goes on. Coming up with a set of words to try with name candidates is not trivial. "XXX java", "XXX framework", "XXX toolset", "XXX programming" etc.. etc.. Or course there's always "Apache XXX". Jiri Jetmar a écrit : > Accalyzer - hmm, sounds more like a "tool", then a framework / pattern or > approach. > > But definitely a unique name ! > > Apache Akira - at least for me it sounds clear & simple, but somehow > female. Do we want that ? > > Otherwise what about to shorten Accalyzer to Apache Accaly ? Agreed wrt. Accalyzer. Plus it's a bit long. Accaly? I'm not sure about it. I see myself saying "with two Cs" each time I mention it. That's funny that Akira sounds female to you Jiri ; it doesn't to me. I guess it depends on your mother tongue anyway :) Zop & Zopper sounds too close to Zope (python) to me. Anyway I think we should aim at something both short and easy to remember/spell. The ones I like from the list, in order, so far: 1. Akira 2. Zebu 3. Puma 4. Qi 1. I like both the original japanese meaning and the manga with the same name 2. cool animal 3. cool animal, not A* nor Z* 4. "apachee chee" I know ... but's it's our roots, isn't it? .. I don't remember why we did not choose it in the first place At some point we should come up with a currated list of names and submit them to vote, but not today ;) Keep the suggestions and opinions coming! Cheers
