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

From: Werner Keil <werner.keil_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 15:45:53 +0100

Though it's short, Ozark is also not so trivial to pronounce outside
Middle-Earth;-)

On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:20 PM, arjan tijms <arjan.tijms_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Heimdall would be a lot easier to pronounce internationally indeed.
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> I wonder how easy "Bennekom" would be for non-Dutchies though ;)
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> Current list:
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> * 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 Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Werner Keil <werner.keil_at_gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> At least the Idris Elba character in Thor/Avengers is called "Heimdall"
>> without the "r" at the end. Both "Hemidall" and "Heimdall" seem OK, if you
>> add the "r" some people could loose their teeth trying to pronounce it
>> correctly ;-D
>>
>> Werner
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:06 PM, Ivar Grimstad <ivar.grimstad_at_gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Being a Norwegian, I gotta go for Hemidall
>>> (I see that it is sometimes referred to as Heimdallr in some English
>>> texts, not sure which is more correct....)
>>>
>>> Ivar
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 3:01 PM 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
>>>>
>>>>> 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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