Lots of good ideas here. When I think of MFT transfering data, it made me think 
of rivers. Here's a list of mythological rivers: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Mythological_rivers

One of those rivers is Iravati (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iravati), who is 
also the mother of Airavata.


> On Jan 31, 2023, at 1:14 PM, Suresh Marru <sma...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> Good, we are getting options. Let's gather a few more and then do a trademark 
> search, filter, and vote on the final 3.
> 
> Suresh
> 
>> On Jan 31, 2023, at 12:59 PM, Thejaka Amila J Kanewala 
>> <thejaka.am...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Finding a name is harder than developing the product :D.
>> 
>> I think we already have nice suggestions.
>> 
>> Here are a few more:
>> 1. Javelin : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javelin_throw
>> 2. Catapult -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catapult
>> 3. Dionysius -- they engineered the first version of catapult -- 
>> https://www.hellenicaworld.com/Greece/Technology/en/Catapults.html
>> 4. Trebuchet -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trebuchet
>> 
>> As you can see I am a little obsessed with catapults :-).
>> 
>> Best Regards,
>> Thejaka Amila Kanewala, PhD
>> https://github.com/thejkane/agm
>> http://valagamba.net/
>> 
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 6:36 AM Lahiru Jayathilake 
>> <lahirujayathil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Three suggestions from me as well,
>> 
>> 1. SkyBridge
>> 
>> 2. Hammurabi - is a Babylonian king. The "Code of Hammurabi" is considered 
>> to be one of the first written legal codes in history with the idea of fair 
>> and orderly transfer of information. And the name exhibits stability, 
>> reliability, and order in the transfer of information
>> 
>> 3. Akkad - was an ancient empire that was recognized for its advanced 
>> administration and communication systems. The name exhibits stability and 
>> efficiency in the transfer of large-scale data
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Lahiru
>> 
>> On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 7:48 PM Pierce, Marlon <marpi...@iu.edu> wrote:
>> How about a ship theme? Here’s a list of types of ships: 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ship_types.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> A couple of ancient types of ships: Kerkouros, Corbita. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Marlon
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> From: Suresh Marru <sma...@apache.org>
>> Date: Monday, January 30, 2023 at 5:59 PM
>> To: Airavata Dev <dev@airavata.apache.org>
>> Subject: [External] [DISCUSS] New name for MFT
>> 
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>> 
>> Hi All,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> We chose MFT as a code name as we carved out all file transfer use cases 
>> from core Airavata. Now MFT has evolved significantly [1] and is most 
>> notably used for large scale data transfers between NASA and ESA HLS Data 
>> [2] Transfers between Openstack and AWS and IBM clouds. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> If we choose the name Custos for the security spinoff [3] [4], it is 
>> probably time to choose a name for MFT. Please keep your creative naming 
>> thoughts flowing?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> What would you name a more generic MFT without naming technology terms like 
>> Transfers? 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Suresh
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> [1] - https://github.com/apache/airavata-mft 
>> 
>> [2] - https://hls.gsfc.nasa.gov/ 
>> 
>> [3] - https://airavata.apache.org/custos/ 
>> 
>> [4] - https://github.com/apache/airavata-custos 
>> 
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