My issue with the name is really technical and I think Andy already illustrated this point. POI is an abbreviation for Poor Obfuscation Implementation, Poi is a word for a Hawaiian ethnic food. POI is what our project really is, not Poi.
Ryan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Avik Sengupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "POI Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2003 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [VOTE] ATTENTION!! 'POI/Poi naming issue' > +1 > > > > -------Original Message------- > > From: Tetsuya Kitahata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [VOTE] ATTENTION!! 'POI/Poi naming issue' > > Sent: 27 Jul 2003 03:24:51 > > > > Attention!! All the POI/Poi committers, developers! > > (Nicola and Stefano, please join!!) > > > > We now have very nice *draft* on voting rule. > > > > See the Apache Incubator site: > > http://incubator.apache.org/drafts/voting.html > > > > I'll close this vote at 00:00 GMT 1st August, 2003. > > (This is *not* lazy consensus vote. ) > > > > This vote will be passed if the total amount of the votes > > exceeds * 0.5 . If the amount > > will be less than * -0.5, > > we will use "POI" *strictly* in the future. > > > > ... The time has come: We must seriously take this issue to > > be put on vote .. "POI to be known as Poi in the future?" > > > > -- POI/Poi Project needs democratization :) -- > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > == Let's vote!! == > > > > ISSUE #1: "POI to be known as Poi in the future?" > > > > [ ] +1 Applause!! I *do* love the "Poi" naming rather than "POI". > > [ ] +0.5 Cool! Go forward to it! > > [ ] +-0 No Idea / Having both co-exist might be preferable > > [ ] -0.5 *Boo* ... I have objections for this naming, "Poi". > > [ ] -1 A couple of *Boo*s ... I *do* love "POI" abbr rather than "Poi" > > > > # Other fraction expressions are also welcomed. (with your comments!) > > > > Your Status: poi committer / poi developer / poi adviser > > Your Comments: [ ] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Note: > > If your name is not listed as "Poi/POI Developer" and want to vote > > on this issue, please supply the patch on > > http://jakarta.apache.org/poi/who.html > > to this poi-dev mailing list with "[PATCH] who.xml -- please add me" > > prefixed subject. I'll count you up. > > > > > > Sincerely, > > > > Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > ----------------------------------------------------- > > Tetsuya Kitahata -- Terra-International, Inc. > > E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.terra-intl.com/ > > (Apache Jakarta Translation, Japanese) > > http://jakarta.terra-intl.com/ > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -------Original Message------- > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
