Gregor Richards wrote:
> Some people have voiced dislike of my choice of the name 'dsss' for DSSS' binary, because it's difficult to type repeatedly.
> 
> I'm taking suggestions/votes for a new name, before DSSS is old enough that it's beaten into anyone's heads.  This name only covers the binary, the actual system is still going to be the D Shared Software System.
> 
>  - Gregor Richards

How about "DS3"?

At least that way, it doesn't look like a maritime reference of some kind. :)

And of course there's the old greco-roman standby, the titan who holds the weight of the world on his shoulders: "Atlas".

-- 
- EricAnderton at yahoo

OK, I've collected some I like and would be willing to change to, please vote in this thread. Choices:

* dsss [eg don't change it]
* ondmand
* dmand
* dsire or desire
* dserve
* svd
* d3s or ds3 [I don't like this one at all, I feel it's even more difficult to type than dsss, but I'll put it in for good measure ... sorry Pragma :)]

 - Gregor Richards

Gregor Richards wrote:

> OK, I've collected some I like and would be willing to change to, please vote in this thread. Choices:
> 
> * dmand

If you spell this "dman", I know a logo for it :-)

--anders

Gregor Richards wrote:
> OK, I've collected some I like and would be willing to change to, please vote in this thread. Choices:
> 
> * dsss [eg don't change it]
> * ondmand
> * dmand
> * dsire or desire
> * dserve
> * svd
> * d3s or ds3 [I don't like this one at all, I feel it's even more difficult to type than dsss, but I'll put it in for good measure ... sorry Pragma :)]

That's not a problem at all. I firmly believe in airing *all* the possible suggestions, even if they're not always stellar.  That's because "good" is highly subjective when it comes to things like this.

Edison: "Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration."

Which follows up to a corollary that is often attributed to him: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."

You'll find the right name for this thing.  The question is: will you have to sit down with the 'D' section of the encyclopedia to do it? ;)


PS,
Not to thread-jack, but I found this blurb on Wikipedia, that sounded eerily like another stereotype that we're all too familiar with around here:

The day after Edison died the New York Times contained extensive coverage of Edison's life, with the only negative opinion coming from Tesla who was quoted as saying, "He had no hobby, cared for no sort of amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most elementary rules of hygiene"

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- EricAnderton at yahoo

Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Gregor Richards wrote:
> 
>> OK, I've collected some I like and would be willing to change to, please vote in this thread. Choices:
>>
>> * dmand
> 
> If you spell this "dman", I know a logo for it :-)
> 
> --anders

Damn dyslexia.  <g>

-- 
- EricAnderton at yahoo

Gregor Richards wrote:

> OK, I've collected some I like and would be willing to change to, please vote in this thread. Choices:
> 
> * dsss [eg don't change it]
> * ondmand
> * dmand
> * dsire or desire
> * dserve
> * svd
> * d3s or ds3 [I don't like this one at all, I feel it's even more
> difficult to type than dsss, but I'll put it in for good measure ...
> sorry Pragma :)]
> 
>   - Gregor Richards

svd +1 (yay for my own suggestion!)

-- 
Lars Ivar Igesund
blog at http://larsivi.net
DSource & #D: larsivi

Gregor Richards wrote:
> Some people have voiced dislike of my choice of the name 'dsss' for DSSS' binary, because it's difficult to type repeatedly.
> 
> I'm taking suggestions/votes for a new name, before DSSS is old enough that it's beaten into anyone's heads.  This name only covers the binary, the actual system is still going to be the D Shared Software System.
> 
>  - Gregor Richards

yeah, shared source does remind me too much of ms.
I'd like more something like
D'Vault
or D'Store
or D Wallet
or D Walter :-)
or D Grok
or D Pearls
or D Code
or ...

there should definitively be a capital D in it

roel

For what it's worth, my vote is to stick with 'dsss', but I will listen to and maybe even consider other votes ;)

 - Gregor Richards

'dsource' or 'dsrc' has my vote for sure!

Apart from potential confusion with Brad (dsource.org), it fits really good.

Alex

John Reimer wrote:
> 
>> Since this is supposed to be suggestions, how about:
>>
>> dmand -- as in the 'ondmand' suggestion already made, but a bit shorter
>> dmerge -- as in 'emerge' on Gentoo... ;)  Probably /too/ similar for safety, though
>> dport -- as in 'portage' ... but that's not exactly right
>> desire -- *shrug*
>> dsc -- D.S.SS C.lient?  (Reminds me of a time when 'Mango' was 'D Server Classes'.)
>> dvn -- as in D-VersioN, parody of SubVersioN
>> dsoft -- *shrug*
>>
>> And finally.........
>>
>> dsource -- like the web site ;)
>>
>> I guess my "top three" would be 'dsss' as it stands, 'dmand' and 'desire'.
>>
>> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls
> 
> 
> dsource is quite the idea.  It actually fits. :)
> 
> But I'm not sure if it's a safe bet.
> 
> -JJR

I'm being convinced on IRC to add 'dsrc' to the list, even though it's ambiguous.

Brad Anderson has put forth that he doesn't mind the ambiguity.

+1 vote to dsrc from Alexander Panek.