+ 1. I've been calling it CXF too. On 10/6/06, Johnson, Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
+1 > -----Original Message----- > From: Kulp, John Daniel > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2006 2:01 PM > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: [VOTE] Officially rename the project to Apache CXF > > > I'd like to vote to officially rename the project to Apache CXF. > > I'm extremely +1. > > > There are a lot reasons to do so: (summary of previous discussions) > > 1) All of our Apache resources are "CXF". If someone goes to apache to > looking for CeltiXfire using the "normal Apache" URL's and such, they > won't > find it. Example: if they send a note to celtixfire-dev-subsribe, it > would > bounce, etc... > > 2) Branding - It seems like all of us are calling it CXF in our > communication. However, the "Apache Branding" would require it to use the > full project name. It would be good if it matched to avoid confusion for > users. (Example: in a note on the incubator list during the recent > issues, someone asked why we were calling it CXF.) Anyway, a lot of > people > are already associating CXF with the project. Let's build on that. > > 3) Our package name, jars, install dir, etc.. all use "cxf" right now. > No > work would need to be done there. (I'm lazy, I admit it.) > > 4) No wacky CamelCase spellings to cause confusions and branding issues. > (Celtixfire, CeltiXfire, CeltiXFire, etc..) > > 5) Already I18N capable. :-) Seriously, we had some chats on IRC > about "how to pronounce" some of the other ideas. Example: Apparently > the > word "foam" is hard to pronounce in some locales. Also, "Celtic" is > pronounced different in various locales as well. > > 6) Break some ties with the "messes" that we've been involved in. I keep > hearing nicknames like "celtic-miss-fire" and such. That's not good. > The > recent events certainly didn't help things. A semi-clean slate is > probably > a good idea. Make them think of new nicknames. :-) > > 7) However, by keeping the initials, there is "some" tie to the previous > projects, but the tie is broken enough to make it clear, this really is > something new and better. > > 8) The top two google links for CXF are already our own confluence space. > Nice job everyone. :-) CXF is an acronym for "Chemical eXchange > Format", > but that really shouldn't matter for us. > > Thanks! > -- > J. Daniel Kulp > Principal Engineer > IONA > P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 F:781-902-8001 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
