Shame about Flink, I quite liked it. I'm fine with Maher; it's also an Irish surname, so "Apache Maher" sounds like an old John Wayne film to me. That's not a bad thing. :)
Arabic has some interesting sounds; what about translations for the less common synonyms like "adroit" and "bravura", Mohammad, for more ideas? The online dictionaries I found don't translate to the same alphabet. On Sun, 2011-09-04 at 22:26 +0300, Mohammad Nour El-Din wrote: > The Arabic name sounds easier to pronounce :P > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:22 PM, Julien Vermillard <[email protected]> > wrote: > > flink sound nice but : http://sourceforge.net/projects/flink/ > > > > maher is nice too > > > > in french it's habile > > my 2 cents :) > > Julien > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:37 PM, Mohammad Nour El-Din > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What about > >> > >> Maher > >> > >> Which is skillfull in Arabic :D ? > >> > >> wdyt ? > >> > >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 7:50 PM, Roger Schildmeijer > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> I first considered "Flink", the Swedish translation of Deft. Could be a > >>> candidate :) > >>> > >>> // Roger > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sep 4, 2011, at 6:36 PM, Johnathan Meehan wrote: > >>> > >>>> > >>>> 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 > >>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Thanks > >> - Mohammad Nour > >> ---- > >> "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" > >> - Albert Einstein > >> > > > > >
