Square, us ? Ha. I scoff at the thought. Seriously, without offence - we are definitely all square :-)
Playful indeed ..... how about: Qpid, Message and be damned Marnie On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Justin Ross <jr...@redhat.com> wrote: > I am glad that my first post to qpid list is on a matter of such gravity. > > I think Rafi is right, and any buzzword-haevy slogan makes us look like > squares. Never! > > Truly, something more playful is in order, something that speaks from (and > to) a community of fun-loving, geeky software peeps. "Enterprisey" and > "extra profitable!" can be added in some *other* prominent location; they > don't have to be in the slogan. > > Justin > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rafael Schloming" <rafa...@redhat.com> > To: dev@qpid.apache.org > Cc: ai...@apache.org > Sent: Monday, January 26, 2009 6:29:42 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: Qpid slogan? > > I tend to think the most important thing a slogan can do is grab the > attention of the reader, and while I do recognize it is tempting to try > to work in all the usual buzzwords (AMQP, Messaging, Enterprise, etc), > so far everything that does this ends up being so bland that it's almost > completely unmemorable. > > I'd like to suggest that we consider another direction for the slogan. > Something that doesn't necessarily include all (or any) of the > buzzwords, but does grab enough of your attention that hopefully you > might consider reading further. I'd like to see a few options in this > vein before making a final decision. > > So in the spirit of brainstorming, here are a few random ideas that (for > better or worse) would stick in my head longer than 3 seconds after > reading them. > > Apache Qpid: Qpid is as Qpid does. > > Apache Qpid: No pants. No shirts. Just middleware.[*] > > I'm with Qpid[**] > ------------> > > [*] Works best next to an appropriate logo, e.g.: > > http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/PLA/CMO1101~Amoretto-I-Posters.jpg > > > [**] Not really a slogan per/se, but would make a great T-shirt for Qpid > developers. ;) > > --Rafael > > Martin Ritchie wrote: > > Just keeping this thread going here is another summary of the > > suggested slogans I added one more at the end, which is a combination > > of two previous ones really. Tried to capture the 'love' angle for > > Rob, highlighting the fact that you could never really fall in love > > with messaging before AMQP. > > > > Apache Qpid, AMQP Enterprise Messaging > > Apache Qpid: Fast, Reliable, AMQP Messaging > > Apache Qpid: Advanced Messaging, Quick, Purposeful > > Apache Qpid, AMQP Enterprise Messaging that just works. > > Apache Qpid, Enterprise Messaging through AMQP > > Apache Qpid, AMQP Enterprise Messaging > > > > Apache Qpid: Messaging for the AMQP Generation > > Start AMQP Messaging with Apache Qpid > > Apache Qpid: Standardised Messaging with AMQP > > Got Messaging? Think AMQP. Think Apache Qpid. > > Apache Qpid, messaging with added AMQP > > > > Fall in love with messaging. Stay safe with Apache Qpid and AMQP. > > Tell someone you love them. Give them the message with Apache Qpid and > AMQP. > > > > Fall in love with messaging for the first time. Apache Qpid: Open > > Standard Messaging with AMQP > > > > Lets see if we can narrow this down to a short list of less than 5 for a > vote. > > > > Martin > > 2009/1/23 Aidan Skinner <ai...@apache.org>: > >> On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Robert Godfrey > >> <rob.j.godf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> 2009/1/23 Aidan Skinner <ai...@apache.org>: > >>>> Sadly at this point I ran out of ways to make messaging sound > >>>> exciting. Maybe I should start watching Mad Men. > >>> I can't help feeling that we should try to work in a Qpid / Cupid / > >>> Falling in love type theme... though the thought of falling in love > >>> with messaging is obviously perverse :-) > >> > >> - Aidan (who is off on holiday next week and is a little demob happy) > >> -- > >> Apache Qpid - World Domination through Advanced Message Queueing > >> http://qpid.apache.org > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > >> Project: http://qpid.apache.org > >> Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org > >> > >> > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > Project: http://qpid.apache.org > Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > Project: http://qpid.apache.org > Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org > >
