The only problem I see with deriving a name from Deft is finding ourselves in the same position, as we realise that most of the usable synonyms (or even broadly related words) already have some commercial connotation. This[1] was useful, btw (but not helpful :)).
Perhaps the quickest and easiest would be a simple acronym, or to follow the lead of others and pick something cute and furry (as per Tomcat or Jackrabbit). I don't think we need a relationship to the "product", just something easy and memorable. Did you ever have any other names in mind, Roger? Perhaps we could revisit them. [1] http://www.visuwords.com/ On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 17:51 +0300, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: > What about [1] as startup source of names related to Deft. > > [1]- http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deft > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Roger Schildmeijer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice initiative Johnathan. > > > > Somehow I think/sugggest that the new name should somewhat be derived from > > Deft. (at least thats my humble opinion). > > > > // Roger > > > > > > On Sep 4, 2011, at 2:39 PM, Johnathan Meehan wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Things seem a little quiet now, so perhaps we can take the time to > >> answer the project name question as it's been sitting around for a > >> while. > >> > >> In the related thread "Project name collision", it was accepted that we > >> should [VOTE] but first collect the candidate suggestions. So, what do > >> we have right now from that thread and in general? > >> > >> - Apache Asynchronous Web Framework > >> - Gruntmaster 6000 (okay, maybe not) > >> > >> Who has imagination enough to suggest something reasonable? :) > >> > >> Johnathan > >> > > > > > > >
