Briefly Brian Beesley began: >Therefore the logical new name would be either WinPrime or Prime32. > >I'm definitely strongly _against_ change for the sake of change, > particularly if the object is simply to track the latest fashion > emanting from Redmond WA. In another 7 years, chances are Joe Public > won't find XP any more relevant than 95.
I think people are on the right track here... avoid names using the fad of the day, and pick something brief with just enough meaning to make it easy to remember. I don't really care what it's called as long as it generally follows this guideline. In fact my "PrimeXP" suggestion was tongue-in-cheek, since the "eXtreme Programming" moniker is just a clever marketing scheme for consultants to sell more books and make money. Our team has been doing XP for a year and there are some good things in it, but I'm still not sure why collecting several existing programming techniques together and emphasizing certain attributes has caused it to deserve a catchy new name. Oh well, at least it's recognizable. :-) Cheers, Barry PS - I don't seem to recall that someone *asked* for a vote on a new program name. Just think how much activity we'd see if George really wanted some opinions! :-) PPS - I sure hope to talk about this again in 93 years. _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
