+1 stating the obvious... Thanks, Markus
On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Cole Markham <[email protected]> wrote: > +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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > rap-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/rap-dev > >
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