Raymond Martin wrote: > Hi all, > > On 8 March 2009 19:28:14 Mathias wrote: >> 1. The name. >> "Qt Jambi". >> A powerful, mature, reliable and solid piece of software cannot be called >> "Jambi". Whoever made that decision must have been out of his mind. >> Something like "QTJ" or "JQT" or even just a simple "Qt for Java" would have >> been A LOT better. > > I agree. I was often wondering where this "jambi" suffix came from. The > present > name is really not something that makes it simply to figure out or remember > what the product is about. A serious product is better with a matter-of-fact > type of name, QtJ or JQt would have been much better choices.
The name "Jambi" stems from a province in Sumatra, reciding next to the island of Java in Indonesia. Though I wasn't involvned in the original naming, in hindsight, I'm easy to convince that "Qt for Java" would perhaps have been a better name ;) best regards, Gunnar _______________________________________________ Qt-jambi-interest mailing list Qt-jambi-interest@trolltech.com http://lists.trolltech.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-jambi-interest
