Brainstorming for the manager project name!

Jannis Pohlmann info at sten-net.de
Tue Aug 16 15:38:55 CEST 2005


Jannis Pohlmann schrieb:
> Edscott Wilson Garcia schrieb:
> 
>>El mar, 16-08-2005 a las 12:48 +0200, Jannis Pohlmann escribió:
>>
>>
>>>Good morning,
>>>
>>>if nothing is opposed to the package manager project we discussed
>>>lately, I'd like to introduce the great brainstorming for a project name
>>>with a few suggestions.
>>>
>>>They mainly follow the current naming scheme which is, in general,
>>>storms (or wasn't Thunar kind of a storm?). They all have to do with the
>>>origin of hurricanes -- I thought this might fit very well, since the
>>>program is supposed to bring us "storms" in terms of Thunar, Orage and
>>>so on.
>>>
>>>These are my proposals (I don't have a personal favorite yet):
>>>
>>> - Surge
>>> - Ambiance
>>> - Velocity
>>> - Cyclone
>>> - Updraft/Ascent
>>>
>>>Any ideas are greatly appreciated!
>>
>>
>>"Hurricane", or the meaning of "hurricane" in Maya: "Heart of the Sky"
>>(probably too long...)
>>
> 
> 
> "Heart of Gold" (from "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy") perhaps,
> hm? Hehe, no, not really.
> 
> Personally, I wouldn't want to use another storm. Otherwise, Hurricane

s/Otherwise/On the other hand

> has a raging sound and meaning. That's nice for an installer, of course.
> 
> Well, may the list decide ...

Another idea (which I quite like) would be "Zyklon" which is the german
version of "Cyclone". It's also a space rocket developed by the Ukraine
and lots more - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_(disambiguation).



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