[rules-users] name
Michael Rhoden
mrhoden at franklinamerican.com
Fri Jun 8 16:51:18 EDT 2007
Wonderful idea. D-rules or some variant is much better than the previous
2 names :)
Telling an exec we saved a lot of time & money using this system called
"Drools" always got me a few looks. Likewise I dont go around saying
the new version of JBoss Hibernate is out.
-Michael
-----Original Message-----
From: rules-users-bounces at lists.jboss.org
[mailto:rules-users-bounces at lists.jboss.org] On Behalf Of Mark Proctor
Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 3:38 PM
To: Rules Users List
Subject: [rules-users] name
I've asked this on dev, thought i'd also ask on user - what's your
opinions on the email below?
Mark
Mark Proctor wrote:
> So it's over a year since we changed the name from Drools to JBoss
> Rules. Personally I really dislike <Vendor Name> + <Generic Name>
> naming schemes; especially so for Open Source projects. It's not the
> vendor prefix I dislike, as that adds weight in corporate brand
> recognition, but the generic postfix - leaving you no choice but to
> refer to the project by the full name "JBoss Rules" in all
> communication and throughout that communication; which I find
> tiresome. Where as ideally, say in a presentation, you introduce the
> project as JBoss + <Strong Name> first and then further references in
> your presentation can just use the shortened <Strong name>; emails on
> the mailing list, being more casual, can just drop to the shortened
> <Strong Name> straight away. It's not just a lazyiness of having to
> use two words, but I feel it makes it generally easier on the ears and
> eyes. With 4.0 coming up we have taken the next steps into the world
> of Declarative programming, so was thinking of JBoss DRules or JBoss
> D-Rules or JBoss drules - allowing the DRules to be used standalone to
> refer to the project in more casual communication. Anyone have any
> thoughts on a year of the "JBoss Rules" name?
>
> Mark
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