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

From: arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:00:49 +0100

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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