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[jsr375-experts] Re: Poll: Name for the RI

From: Werner Keil <werner.keil_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 15:21:12 +0100

Thanks for the survey.

Maybe if more votes arise, it could be ordered by number of votes to see a
trend?

Werner

On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 3:08 PM, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the vote Adam, the race is on ;)
>
> * Securitas
> * Soteria +2
> * Olin +1
> * Placoderm
> * Heimdall +2
> * OmegaSupreme
> * Omega-S
> * Skyfeather
> * JAAS-EE
> * Amsterdam
> * Copenhagen
> * Jyväskylä
> * Jiangshan
> * Bennekom
> * Blois
>
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> On Tue, Jan 19, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Adam Bien <abien_at_adam-bien.com> wrote:
>
>> +1 for heimdall.
>> > On 18.01.2016, at 15:00, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Rudy De Busscher <
>> rdebusscher_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Soteria, Olin or Heimdall
>> >
>> > Securitas is a security company in Belgium by the way :)
>> >
>> > In the Netherlands as well ;)
>> >
>> > Current list:
>> >
>> > * Securitas
>> > * Soteria +2
>> > * Olin +1
>> > * Placoderm
>> > * Heimdall +1
>> > * OmegaSupreme
>> > * Omega-S
>> > * Skyfeather
>> > * JAAS-EE
>> > * Amsterdam
>> > * Copenhagen
>> > * Jyväskylä
>> > * Jiangshan
>> > * Bennekom
>> > * Blois
>> >
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>> > On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:30 PM, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > We still haven't got a name for the RI project, Werner pitched some
>> terms earlier. I'd like to propose a poll to come up with such name. So far
>> we have:
>> >
>> > * "Securitas" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Securitas, a Roman deity
>> of security and safety (though there are of course at least 2 companies by
>> that name, one in Sweden, the other here in Switzerland)
>> >
>> > * "Soteria" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soteria_(mythology), Greek
>> godess of safety and preservation from harm.
>> >
>> > * "Olin" https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hl%C3%ADn.
>> >
>> > * "Placoderm" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placoderm
>> >
>> >
>> > Some additional ideas:
>> >
>> > * "Heimdall" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heimdallr Norse mythology,
>> also known from comics and sci-fi, guardian of Asgard.
>> >
>> > * "OmegaSupreme" Guardian from G1 transformers continuity, perhaps
>> shorten to "Omega-S", where the S could even be taken to mean "Security".
>> >
>> > * "Skyfeather" http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Skyfeather_(G1) Another G1
>> transformer; one of the more unknown protectobots, the shield of God
>> Guardian.
>> >
>> > * "JAAS-EE" Completely wrong, but too many people, even those who
>> should be in the know, think that "JAAS" is the universal security
>> framework used by Java EE. No matter how many times it's explained, people
>> simply want it to be this name. So in a way the community has already
>> chosen. But to distinguish with the "real" JAAS we could add the "EE"
>> moniker.
>> >
>> > * "Amsterdam" or "Copenhagen" Safest cities (to cycle). Safety has some
>> relation with security. See http://copenhagenize.eu/index/index.html
>> Myself being Amsterdam based my personal vote would be for Amsterdam,
>> naturally ;)
>> >
>> > * "A'dam" popular local abbreviation of Amsterdam.
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%27dam ties in with "dam" a
>> barrier/protector against water. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam
>> >
>> > * "Jyväskylä" / "Jiangshan" two relatively large cities containing the
>> letters J, S, A from Java (EE) Security Api
>> >
>> > * "Bennekom" small town in The Netherlands
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennekom no particular connection with
>> security, but just like Ozark for the MVC RI has no particular connection
>> with the technology.
>> >
>> > * "Blois" City in France https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blois also no
>> connection with security, but I like the sound of it.
>> >
>> > Any other ideas?
>> >
>> > The list of proposed names:
>> >
>> > * Securitas
>> > * Soteria
>> > * Olin
>> > * Placoderm
>> > * Heimdall
>> > * OmegaSupreme
>> > * Omega-S
>> > * Skyfeather
>> > * JAAS-EE
>> > * Amsterdam
>> > * Copenhagen
>> > * Jyväskylä
>> > * Jiangshan
>> > * Bennekom
>> > * Blois
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> > Arjan Tijms
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