+1 I think it does a very good job of capturing what the project really does. On Sep 24, 2012 1:12 PM, "Ralf Sternberg" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > When the RAP project started 6 years ago, its main objective was to > provide a framework to make RCP applications available on the web. The > resemblance of the name "Rich Ajax Platform" to "Rich Client > Platform", was welcome back then as RAP was meant to complement RCP. > But over time, our focus has moved to more lightweight applications > and alternative clients like tablets and phones. Today this name does > not describe our project very well anymore. The term "rich" does not > reveal much information in itself and "Ajax" does not fit well for the > native clients, even though they still use HTTP. Ajax is more a > buzzword than a concise term anyway and as a buzzword, I think Ajax > has lost its appeal. > > I recently found myself explaining RAP more often as a platform for > "remote applications" and I think this describes the idea very well. > It's essentially a platform for applications that run on a remote > server. With the new protocol and the alternative clients, this aspect > seems to become the central part of RAP. > > Therefore I'd like to propose to relabel RAP to "Remote Application > Platform". This name would let us keep our short name, our namespace, > our website, etc. It wouldn't be a very noticable change, but we'd get > rid of the misleading name and highlight our technical approach > better. The 2.0 release in February 2013 may be a good occasion for > this renaming. > > What do you think? > > Ralf > _______________________________________________ > rap-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/rap-dev >
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