Garrett D'Amore wrote:
> Artem Kachitchkine wrote:
>> Peter Memishian wrote:
>>> FWIW, I have to agree with Scott on this one (and I'd earlier made a
>>> similar comment).  Everyone seems to agree this is project is a great
>>> idea, and I've little doubt it will be widely used -- so why saddle it
>>> with a name that is a homonym of one of the most basic Unix concepts?
>>> Even "simulink" would be worlds better.
>>>
>>
>> Not sure if it matters, since we're not naming a product here, but 
>> "Simulink" is a registered trademark of MathWorks.
>>
>> -Artem
> 
> Other options (P = pseudo, M = "meta"):
> 
>    mnet
>    mlink
>    pnet
>    plink
>    pmac

vlink  === virtual link


> 
> The first one, "mnet" was once upon a time (Solaris 2.4 thru Solaris 8) 
> used for the "Alternate Pathing" meta network driver, used to support 
> RAS features on high end systems of the day such as the Enterprise 
> 10000.  It was replaced by IPMP, and later, aggr.
> 
>    -- Garrett


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