On 03/26/2013 02:29 PM, Greg Blomquist wrote:
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martyn Taylor" <mtaylor(a)redhat.com>
> To: aeolus-devel(a)lists.fedorahosted.org
> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 10:05:01 AM
> Subject: Aeolus Project Names
>
> <winge>
>
> Gents,
>
> I know we all had a bit of fun coming up with weird and wonderful
> names
> when we were looking to rename IME (or now Tim).
>
> But seriously... are we actually going to call our projects things
> like
> Gablestablerfahrer, WingedMonkey and alike? I'm all for avoiding
> boring
> names like IME and EVM (no offence MIQ) but surely there is some
> middle
> ground to be had here? We should at least make an effort to name our
> projects to roughly describe what they actually do?
Heh, well part of the problem may come from not knowing exactly what
we're building before we build it. A lot of our projects start off as
one thing only to become something somewhat more specialized.
Instead of trying to pick very descriptive names. Maybe we should shoot
for the other direction. Let the internet pick the name:
http://primaryschoolict.com/random-name-selector/
In all seriousness, naming is hard. Picking a good name can actually be
quite important to the success of a project. Unfortunately, there's no
answers from here. I'm terrible at naming. My kids are "StarWars" and
"Lotr".
You could have at least went with Leia and Frodo...
Having a completely arbitrary name can sometimes work.
But, I imagine the person who came up with the name Apple was some sort
of marketing genius that was looking for something that meant, pure,
simple, clean, fresh, which all relate to the brand. Having a project
named after a german serial killing forklift truck driver health and
safety video, doesn't quite cut the mustard.
> </winge>
>