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[javaee-security-spec users] [jsr375-experts] Re: Poll: Name for the RI

From: Rudy De Busscher <rdebusscher_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 11:13:04 +0100

Soteria, Olin or Heimdall

Securitas is a security company in Belgium by the way :)

Rudy

On 17 January 2016 at 18:58, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jan 17, 2016 at 4:45 PM, Werner Keil <werner.keil_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> +1 Soteria
>> (less risky of copyright or naming troubles ;-)
>>
>
> Good point to consider. Okay, so we have:
>
> * Securitas
> * Soteria +1
> * Olin
> * Placoderm
> * Heimdall
> * OmegaSupreme
> * Omega-S
> * Skyfeather
> * JAAS-EE
> * Amsterdam
> * Copenhagen
> * Jyväskylä
> * Jiangshan
> * Bennekom
> * Blois
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>> Werner
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>>
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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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