+1 Soteria
(less risky of copyright or naming troubles ;-)
Werner
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:
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> * "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
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> Some additional ideas:
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> * "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?
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> The list of proposed names:
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> * Securitas
> * Soteria
> * Olin
> * Placoderm
> * Heimdall
> * OmegaSupreme
> * Omega-S
> * Skyfeather
> * JAAS-EE
> * Amsterdam
> * Copenhagen
> * Jyväskylä
> * Jiangshan
> * Bennekom
> * Blois
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> Kind regards,
> Arjan Tijms
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