I don't mean to be a downer, but I really don't like Satrap. I think
the reasoning behind it is fantastic, but to me at least, it just
doesn't roll off the tongue. It sounds very abrubt and almost harsh.
Also, maybe worth noting, that name is very hard to pronounce for many
non-native English speakers, especially for Asians. The r is hard to
form after t's, and the final p is usually silent, at least when
speaking quickly. Just sounds off to me for some reason :(
Again, this is just my personal take on it. Feel free to disagree :)
On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 3:40 PM, Alan D. Cabrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Nov 25, 2008, at 12:29 PM, Emmanuel Lecharny wrote:
>
>> Alan D. Cabrera wrote:
>>>
>>> So far we have
>>>
>>> Knox
>>> Alcatraz
>>> Lockdown
>>> ServeAndProtect
>>> Nobu
>>>
>>>
>>> Are their any other candidates?
>>
>> After some name picking with Alan today (we tested many names on IM,
>> playing with the idea of secure, api, apache, stuff like that), we checked
>> names like asapi (M$ owned), secapi (CA owned), Giuseppe, apasapi, JSAPI
>> (but it's already Java Speach API), we arrived to something cool :
>>
>> Satrap.
>>
>> It's a common name, so we won't be sued for using it, it means "protector
>> of a province" from the ancient greek xšaθra ("realm" or "province") and
>> pāvā ("protector"). Realm Protector, isn't that cool ?
>>
>> Some more here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satrap
>>
>> And the coolest : it's short, and easy to remember...
>
> Lot's of good discussion. I think we should call up a vote on this sometime
> next week.
>
>
> Regards,
> Alan
>
>
