How about Jakarta Pebbles? After a while we can start a project called bambam .. then wilma, then freddie .. wow imagine the possibilities with Bedrock!
Yabba dabba doo! Sanjiva. On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 07:35 -0500, Yoav Shapira wrote: > Hola, > Both Rocks and Syllables are a great suggestion ;) > > I disagee that a 1-word name implies TLP: just look at our current > projects for many counter-examples. Most things under WS are 1-word > where the TLP itself is two words, and WS is not a unique TLP in that > respect. The inverse is also true, where we have numerous "technical" > or "non-marketing-oriented" TLP names, like HTTP Server, DB, > Directory, Logging, Web Services... > > There's a decent body of scholarly work that shows users (customers) > identify more with 1-word "catchy" product (project) names. I think > now's a decent chance to pick names like these, becuase it will > increase the likelihood of new users and developers joining the > community, maybe even reviving some of the dead-er projects. > > Moreover, as we've seen already, it's hard to make precise definitions > of what's a "web" components versus just an "http" component, what's a > "lang" component, etc, so the meaning of Jakarta Web Components is not > crystal clear anyways. And if it's not clear to us discussing it > here, you can be sure it's not clear to users who are not as savvy or > familiar with the components. > > I guess the real background to this is that I'm hoping we're not just > shuffling for the sake of shuffling. I'm trying to create some more > incentives, however small (after all, the world runs on micromotives, > according to some: http://www.cscs.umich.edu/abc/abc_ken/sld018.htm), > for both existing and new people to involve themselves in these > projects... > > All that said, I'm not -1 on a techie term like Jakarta Web Components > -- if a lot of people want it, so be it. I'm a clear -0, very > different from -1 ;) > > Yoav > > On 3/8/06, C. Grobmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > Since those Java Language Components have some kind of Core nature, I > > > think > > > of something solid ... what about > > > > > > Jakarta Rocks > > > > 8-) This is great! > > - - Chris > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (MingW32) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFEDqhikv8rKBUE/T4RAjNiAJ9mIcD3AHQBQhIaetCDUTZxMlk9iwCdE2mH > > q6fhHvS1gXZWSXnAjDSaXLU= > > =bFY6 > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > -- > Yoav Shapira > Senior Architect > Nimalex LLC > 1 Mifflin Place, Suite 310 > Cambridge, MA, USA > [EMAIL PROTECTED] / www.yoavshapira.com > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
