Mmmm...some good ones there - I like manifold :) On 8/30/10 1:23 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: > It seems to me that the pivotal problem here is the word connector. On > the one hand, it could mean almost anything to almost anyone. On the > other hand, it has a specific denotation in the vicinity of httpd. > Everything at Apache is in the vicinity of httpd. > > I'd offer the following 'made-up' options, all following Apache: > > - manifold (many connections) > - omnivore (eats anything) > - rapunzel (spins straw into gold) > - diogenes (seeking for something) > - lantern (ditto) > - helium (fuel for Solr) > > The whole question of brand management strikes me as interesting: is > it, in fact, the job of the incubator PMC to groom the Apache branding > portfolio by guiding new projects towards better names? Is that in our > charter, or should we, as Chris suggests, defer to someone else for > problems in this area. > > > On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) > <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >> Guys, >> >> If I may: since we're discussing marks, why not post to trademarks@ and ask >> Shane and crew to weigh in? Maybe you have already, but if so, I haven't >> seen that discussion mentioned over here on gene...@incubator. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> >> On 8/30/10 10:03 AM, "Grant Ignersoll" <gsing...@apache.org> wrote: >> >> >> >> On Aug 27, 2010, at 12:15 PM, David Jencks wrote: >>> To try to illustrate my thinking rather than push a name down your throat... >>> Open ConnectorFramework/OpenConnectorFramework/OpenCF OK, since you've >>> added a branding word. Not ideal since the purpose appears overly broad >>> Content Connector Framework/ContentConnectorFramework/CCF OK, since you've >>> clarified the scope. Not ideal since has no branding word. >>> OpenContentConnectorFramework/OpenCCF better since it clarifies the scope >>> and includes a branding word. >> >> So, the word "open" somehow alleviates your concern? I don't get that. If >> your objection is that it comes across as being _the_ Apache connector >> library, then how does "Open" modulate that? It's still the Apache Open >> Connector Framework. It's still descriptive and still implies it's the one. >> Besides, it's the ASF, isn't "Open" implied/redundant? We would never have >> the Apache Closed Connector Framework, right? >> >> Likewise, the word Content implies the same "only" status, albeit here I >> will give you that it distinguishes it from Tomcat Connector somewhat, >> although the Tomcat Connector is just that, the Tomcat connector. However, >> I still don't buy that it is a "branding" word. Content is pretty much >> meaningless. Everything is content. I have no doubt that we could write a >> plugin for ACF that connected to Tomcat and got Content out of it. Heck, we >> already do. It's called a web crawler. >> >> So, that leaves us, in my mind w/ the option of some made up name or we >> stick w/ ACF. I'm all for a made up one if someone comes up with one, I >> just don't know what it is and no one in the community seems to have one >> either. ACF fits and the community likes it. It's not unprecedented at the >> ASF and I don't think it is confusing with Tomcat Connector. >> >> At any rate, the community would like some resolution. Should I just call >> an official vote on ACF and if it loses then we will go back to the drawing >> board? >> >> -Grant >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> >> >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> Senior Computer Scientist >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> Email: chris.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
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