On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 05:15:18 -0800, Don Clugston <dac@nospam.com.au> wrote:

>>> 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*
>>  How many words starting with d!
>>  Another one is dserve. You can see it as "deserve" or "d-serve" :-P
>
> That's not bad. dmand is OK, too.


+ dmand

or

+ dserve

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 08:39:39 -0800, Gregor Richards <Richards@codu.org> 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

dmand or dserve

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 11:31:16 -0800, Gregor Richards <Richards@codu.org> wrote:

> 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.


ack!  I like dsrc too.

+1 dsrc

On Fri, 17 Nov 2006 09:49:47 -0800, Gregor Richards wrote:

> 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

I'm with you. dsss is just fine.

+dsss

Pragma wrote:
> 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"?

I wouldn't mind that.  In discussing DSSS with a buddy I was actually pronouncing it as DS3 anyhow.

> 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".
> 

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Pragma wrote:
> 
>> 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"?
> 
> 
> I wouldn't mind that.  In discussing DSSS with a buddy I was actually pronouncing it as DS3 anyhow.
> 
>> 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".
>>
> 
> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

A friend of mine calls it D-triple-S.

 - Gregor Richards

PS: That's not a vote ;)

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 :)]
  * dsource or dsrc
> 
>  - Gregor Richards

+1 dsss, desire, dsrc

I've decided I don't care for dmand that much afterall... just because having the D at both beginning and end seems awkward to me.

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

++dmand


Nils

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> 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!)
> 

svd will probably be hard to search for because it is the name of an algorithm commonly used in linear algebra (singular value decomposition -- usually shortened to "svd").

--bb

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

Hey I like that.  I vote for Anders' write-in candidate, 'dman'.

--bb