I like the {O} = {Open MPI}.

I don't mind the ORTA/ORTI versions. The only problem that might
arrise there is when we talk about the layering they sound very
similar to ORTE so it might be difficult to articulate.

-- Josh

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Ralph Castain <r...@open-mpi.org> wrote:
>
> On Jun 26, 2012, at 8:10 AM, Jeff Squyres wrote:
>
>> On Jun 26, 2012, at 9:28 AM, Josh Hursey wrote:
>>
>>> - ORCA: Open Runtime Collaborative Abstraction
>>> - OCRA: Open Collaborative Runtime Abstraction
>>> - OREI: Open Runtime Environment Interface
>>> - ORSL: Open Runtime Services Layer
>>> - ORRA: Open Runtime Resource Abstraction
>>> - ORTA: Open Runtime API
>>> - ORTI: Open Runtime Interface
>>
>>
>> I don't think I have much of an opinion here, other than perhaps "Open MPI" 
>> instead of "Open" -- just to imply that this is tied to Open MPI, not an 
>> open-100%-free-for-all interface (I'm not saying that the M from MPI has to 
>> be in the acronym, though -- similar to how Ralph re-branded ORTE a while 
>> ago to be the "Open MPI Run-Time Environment" vs. the "Open Run Time 
>> Environment").
>>
>> My only $0.02: ORTA and ORTI actually work kinda well, because they're only 
>> 1 letter different than ORTE, implying a heavy similarity.
>
> +1 for George's suggestions
>
>>
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Joshua Hursey
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