I like the Canonical's method of naming releases of the Ubuntu Linux releases.
Warty Warthog / Hoary Hedgehog / Breezy Badger / Drapper Drake / Edgy Eft / ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ubuntu_releases -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Smith > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 10:32 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: CA product numbers (was 'Inexperienced' RBS tech > operative's blunder led to banking meltdown) > > I've always loved the early CA product naming scheme (CA-1, > CA-7, et al.). Just think what that saved in marketing costs > (to secure rights to a name), not to mention tsuris in > internal naming meetings! > > Of course, if they'd kept with it, we'd now be arguing over > whether CA-237 or CA-984 was the better choice for a > particular problem. > > Maybe the folks who came up with that scheme are now at IBM, > naming z boxes? (Yes, yes, I *know* the numbers in "z196" and > "z114" mean something, I'm just sayin'...) > -- > ...phsiii > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
