On 08/18/2014 09:45 PM, Richard Frovarp wrote: > On 08/07/2014 07:46 AM, Tim Williams wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 8:11 AM, John D. Ament >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> So, the first step is for you guys to tell me how you got to the name >>> "Droids." I'm assuming it was established before the podling name >>> search >>> came into existence. >> It started as a Labs project[1] and predates the name search. It's >> hard to recall exactly but it feels like it also predates the >> popularization of "Android" as well. I gather most folks think more >> of the Star Wars sense. >> >> Thanks, >> --tim >> >> [1] - >> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/labs-labs/200702.mbox/%3C1170850642.8380.31.camel@localhost%3E > > Thorsten named it, but I'm guessing you're right. > > Since Android and the Droid line (mostly from Verizon and Motorola) > came out, more people are going to think it is Android related than > not. What do we need to do for the name search? Do we just abort and > develop a new name? Would that make life easier when it comes to this > process? >
Yeah, it was because of the droids of star war as in robots. I think we do not need to observe the old name and can choose anything that pleases us. salu2 -- Thorsten Scherler <scherler.at.gmail.com> codeBusters S.L. - web based systems <consulting, training and solutions> http://www.codebusters.es/
