Hey Sean, Although I agree OODT is a bit dated, I think it carries within it a recognition that we ought to tie to. Funny enough before approaching Apache, Dan and I were thinking of whether or not we should rename OODT. After spending a week or two trying to think of a new name, we couldn't come up with anything really snazzier/more acronym-a-ble than what we already had.
Anyhoo, I'm open to what others think, but all things considering (we just got Apache groups set up, JIRA, Wiki, etc.), and there is a record of a vote under the OODT name, etc., it might be easier/better to just stick with OODT as the TLP name, and then become even more creative with each sub-project as we bring OODT into the 21st century :) Cheers, Chris On 2/9/10 6:11 AM, "Sean Kelly" <[email protected]> wrote: Hey guys: Getting OODT out of the shackles of Caltech intellectual property and into open source is undoubtedly one of the best things we could ever do for the software package. And the fact that we've got such a clear-headed champion to herald it into the Apache Incubator is a real honor. However, "OODT" is, itself, a horrible, horrid, ghastly name. Would this juncture a good time to explore a more snazzy name for the project? Or is it perhaps better to stick with the name given its recognition? Curiously, Sean. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
