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From: Mete Atamel <matamel@adobe.com>
To: "dev@jackrabbit.apache.org" <dev@jackrabbit.apache.org>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:10:41 -0800
Subject: Re: [jr3] Codename
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I think Jackrabbit name is good because:

1- When you hear it, you know right away how to spell it.
2- There is not much else named Jackrabbit or similar.

IMO, Jonsai/Jansai fails #1 and Oak fails #2. I don't have a good
alternate name in mind though.

-Mete

On 2/27/12 12:01 PM, "Thomas Mueller" <mueller@adobe.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>>I'd like to have a big tree in my garden I
>>wouldn't google for bonsai :)
>
>Why does the project name has anything to do with 'big'? A jackrabbit is
>not big either; it's not even a tree! And it was a good name.
>
>Jonsai (or Jansai or similar) sound nice to me.
>
>Oak has many search results (58 million).
>
>Regards,
>Thomas
>