What about DaNil? Or DaLin? Sent from my iPhone
On 18/11/2012, at 9:12 AM, Sebastian Schaffert <sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at> wrote: > Dear all, > > first of all, thanks for the feedback so far... > > Am 17.11.2012 um 20:08 schrieb Andy Seaborne: > > >> You're right changing the name can be done later but the name tends to get >> embedded both in the system (e.g. URLs, JIRA project) and more importantly >> in people knowing about the community. >> >> Renaming for the community is hard and risky - I would say it is easier to >> sort it out as part of project initialization if you believe the name change >> is likely. >> >> I did a quick search and found 2 "linda"s: Linda Spaces (the blackboard >> system that, I guess, is triggering the comments here) and TCP Linda, a >> parallel execution environment (which may well be related to the blackboard >> linda). >> >> TCP Linda ==> >> http://www.gaussian.com/g_prod/linda.htm >> >> Linda spaces leads to JavaSpaces so is a known name in the Java world at >> least. There is a SourceForge project linda (but looks dormant) >> >> Andy > > > I agree that "Linda" is a very generic name and as such there are already > several projects out there with this name. On the other hand, we chose > "Linda" as an acronym for "Linked Data" in order to increase recognizability > especially in the domain we are targeting. For our community, we think it > would be quite easy to identify "Apache Linda" with the Linked Data Platform > and not with a blackboard system or a methodology for parallel execution. A > more artificial name would probably have a harder time establishing a brand > (but of course the project is good enough to manage ;-) ). > > In case the Incubator PMC still recommends to rename the project, I agree we > should do it BEFORE starting up the project. We will discuss options for > renaming on Monday (European Time) and come up with suggestions. > > Greetings, > > > Sebastian > -- > | Dr. Sebastian Schaffert sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at > | Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft http://www.salzburgresearch.at > | Head of Knowledge and Media Technologies Group +43 662 2288 423 > | Jakob-Haringer Strasse 5/II > | A-5020 Salzburg > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
