Jade can still be a turtle, even if it's not an actual species: https://www.google.ca/search?q=jade+turtle&tbm=isch I like the sound of ROS Jade. On 17 April 2014 16:21, William Woodall wrote: > +0 on Jagged, it seems to imply some negative connotation about quality to > me, like "rough around the edges". Even if it is "rough around the edges" > :p we shouldn't name it as such. > > I think Jade Turtle, ROS Jade is nice a nice adjective too. > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 1:07 PM, Patrick Goebel wrote: > >> +1 Jagged >> >> +1 to Bill's post in general (as another geezer...) >> >> --patrick >> >> >> On 04/17/2014 11:55 AM, Bill Smart wrote: >> >>> +1 Jagged >>> -1e10 Judo >>> still -1 for anything that's not actually a turtle >>> >>> I'm a geezer, and fear change. However, here are a couple of thoughts: >>> - we want companies to adopt ROS. They will be significantly less >>> likely to do so if the name is overly cute >>> >> > We want something not too silly, but if we aren't having some fun with it, > what the point? Also Ubuntu seems to do just fine on the business front > with a similar naming pattern. > > >> - we will have even less adoption if there's a whiff of legal action >>> (Jedi Turtle, for instance) possible. >>> >> > Obviously we aren't going to pick anything where legal action might be a > concern, which means, as sad as I am to say it, Jedi is pretty much off the > table. > > >> - I personally think that consistency outweights cool (of course, I'm old >>> and British) >>> >> > We've done a pretty good job at staying on theme, but sometimes it's hard > when there is only one or two actual turtle related names. > > I'd say just as important as being turtle related, if not more important, > is that the code name is short, easy to spell and type, recognizable, and > searchable. That's mostly why we ended up with Indigo in the last go around. > > >> >>> I've done judo since the 70's (no, really, since the 70s). While I >>> don't think it's a great name for J-turtle, over the past year ROS *has* >>> thrown me to the mat, sat on me, and forced me to submit more than once, so >>> maybe it *is* a viable option. >>> >>> -- Bill >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> ros-users mailing list >> ros-users@lists.ros.org >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users >> > > > > -- > William Woodall > ROS Development Team > william@osrfoundation.org > http://williamjwoodall.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@lists.ros.org > http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >