Am Mittwoch, den 03.10.2007, 18:36 +0100 schrieb Robert Burrell Donkin: > i quite like the name RAT since it's a play on words a Release Audit > Tool which rats on releases. (i was also born in the year of the rat.) > so, i expect people to find a thousand good reasons why it shouldn't > be used.
I kind of like the name as it is. And yes, there might be collisions, and then I sort of get a connotation to RAD. Coming from aRAT the name "Ararat" comes to mind. This is the name of the mountain where according to the scripture Noah landed after the flood... BTW: This is a great tool ! Thanks for it. Regards Felix > > to get you all started, here are some links: > > http://www.cv.tu-berlin.de/rat/license.php > http://www.blackrat.biz/ > http://www.frtr.gov/decisionsupport/DST_Tools/RAT.htm > http://epa.instepsoftware.com/rat/ > http://wiki.wwiionline.com/index.php/Cornered_Rat_Software > http://neonrat.com/ > > yes, lots of people use rat in relation to software > > since RAT is so widely used, the name of the google project is arat. > i'm not sure why but the project is #3 at google and #2 at yahoo. so > aRAT is more plausable. there seems to be a place called arat in the > US and it seems to be a sur- and first-name. these probably weight > against this option. > > opinions? > > - robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
