> From: Kimbro Staken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> On Thursday, January 3, 2002, at 06:01 AM, Niels Peter Strandberg
wrote:
> 
> > Why change the name from dbXML to the name Xindice. As one pointed
out,
> > It sound like gambling, will I win or loose. And to much "x" is
already
> > out there. dbXML sound like what it is, and it is a name widely
known to
> > the xml public.
> >
> > Keep the name dbXML!
> >
> 
> I wish we could have. I like the name dbXML a lot better too, even
though
> I'm the person who came up with the name Xindice. You can blame Tom
for
> the pronunciation though. :-)
> 
> > Xindice is really a bad name, for this kind of product!!!!
> >
> 

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> 
> As for the gambling relationship ... well as long as we don't use that
for
> our logo I think we'll be fine.
> 

Sorry for interrupting... But I really wonder what this word has to
do with gambling? From http://www.google.com/search?q=xindice:

1. www.dbxml.org
2. sourceforge.net/projects/cfxindice
3. jakarta.apache.org/builds/gump/latest/xml-xindice.html
4. gump.covalent.net/log/xml-xindice.html
5. www.tbradford.org/dbxml
...


Just lurking over here,

Vadim


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