Great ideas.. few more are
- Commando: A pigeon severed for British Army forced for delivering messages securely back and forth ( https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/second-world-war-hero-commando-5387701 ) - Raven: https://gameofthrones.fandom.com/wiki/Raven On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 3:33 PM Christie, Marcus Aaron <machr...@iu.edu> wrote: > 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 > >> > >> This message was sent from a non-IU address. Please exercise caution > when clicking links or opening attachments from external sources. > >> > >> > >> 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 > >> > > > > -- Research Software Engineer Indiana University, IN
