If we're going down the popular culture/film-reference route: Qpid - Message Transformers! Qpid - Transforming Messaging! Qpid - Materializing Near You!
Or (perhaps a bit obscure): Qpid: For all your Dark Nights... Marnie, how about: Qpid: Warp Factor AMQP! -- Mark On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:48 AM, Marnie McCormack < marnie.mccorm...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Qpid: The force is with you > Qpid: Warp Factor X (I'm not enough of a trekkie to have a better idea) > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Mark Atwell <mark.atw...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Sorry, tea-break made me think of a load more!: > > > > QPID: Queue This! (a la Matrix: "Dodge This!" - will appeal to > > techies) > > QPID: Quite Perfect Innate Design (or some variant) > > > > In a similar vein: > > > > QPID: Quite Possibly Iconic Design (or variant - Probably?) > > > > This one sounds like someone else's (so apologies in advance) > > > > QPID: Quick, Purposeful, Innate Design > > > > Ah... my tea's run out... > > > > -- Mark > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Mark Atwell <mark.atw...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > If you're looking for a T-shirt-like/mug logo how about a play on 'The > > > Classic': > > > > > > I'm with QPid! > > > > > > This also almost works with the arrow-like AMQP logo! > > > > > > BTW is the capitalisation of QPid settled on 'Qpid'? > > > > > > Or possibly: > > > > > > AMQP?: I'm with QPid! > > > AMQP?: I love QPid! (opportunity to go with some > > > Eros/cherub-type-stuff?) > > > QPid loves AMQP > > > > > > BTW I'm not even going to go near the Kenny Everett Show character > thing > > > for fear of offence! > > > > > > -- Mark > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 1:59 PM, Robert Godfrey < > rob.j.godf...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Sorry - been away for a couple of days and just caught up with this > > thread > > >> now. > > >> > > >> 2009/1/27 Jonathan Robie <jonathan.ro...@redhat.com>: > > >> > It's OK to differ ;-> > > >> > > > >> > But let me explain my reasoning: the whole point of a slogan is to > > >> establish > > >> > identity so people know what it is. AMQP and messaging are > fundamental > > >> to > > >> > what Qpid is. > > >> > > > >> > > >> I think it's interesting here to look at a quick definition (from > > >> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/slogan): > > >> > > >> 1. A phrase expressing the aims or nature of an enterprise, > > >> organization, or candidate; a motto. > > >> 2. A phrase used repeatedly, as in advertising or promotion: "all the > > >> slogans and shibboleths coined out of the ideals of the peoples for > > >> the uses of imperialism" Margaret Sanger. > > >> 3. A battle cry of a Scottish clan. > > >> > > >> What we seem to be arguing about here is whether we want a slogan that > > >> fulfils definition 1. or definition 2. (although perhaps the Glasgow > > >> contingent would like to make some suggestions fulfil definition 3.) > > >> > > >> Personally I think that right now we want to have a catchy > > >> "advertising" slogan to draw people in, along with logos etc that work > > >> well on marketing material (I want a Qpid t-shirt :-) ). Much as I > > >> agree that something like "Qpid: Open Source AMQP Messaging" > > >> succinctly describes the aims of the project, I don't think it draws > > >> in people to take a look. Furthermore it does nothing to help people > > >> remember the name Qpid. > > >> > > >> We *do* also need to make sure that in searches for AMQP and > > >> Enterprise Messaging, Qpid features highly. However I think there's a > > >> fair probability that if you've heard of AMQP you've probably heard of > > >> Qpid. > > >> > > >> So I would probably argue that we need (at least) two different > > >> slogans... And of the two I think that advertising and drawing people > > >> is is what we are currently more in need of. We need to get the name > > >> "Qpid" out there so that people remember it (even if they don't know > > >> what is does)... > > >> > > >> Now... time to think of some battle cries... > > >> > > >> -- Rob > > >> > > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation > > >> Project: http://qpid.apache.org > > >> Use/Interact: mailto:dev-subscr...@qpid.apache.org > > >> > > >> > > > > > >