+1 to Jade! On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 9:04 PM, Aaron Blasdel wrote: > I have been convinced by the arguments. > Changing my + votes: > > +1 Jade > -1 Jagged > -1 Jedi (and any other pop culture tie in) > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 5:56 PM, Daniel Stonier > wrote: > > > > > > > > On 18 April 2014 05:28, Mike Purvis > wrote: > >> > >> Jade can still be a turtle, even if it's not an actual species: > >> https://www.google.ca/search?q=jade+turtle&tbm=isch > >> > > > > In asia, Jade turtles have alot of strong connotations about endurance > and > > longevity...something ROS is starting to grow into. > > > > Daniel. > > > >> > >> 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 > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> ros-users mailing list > >> ros-users@lists.ros.org > >> http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Phone : +82-10-5400-3296 (010-5400-3296) > > Home: http://snorriheim.dnsdojo.com/ > > Yujin R&D: http://rnd.yujinrobot.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > ros-users mailing list > > ros-users@lists.ros.org > > http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > > > _______________________________________________ > ros-users mailing list > ros-users@lists.ros.org > http://lists.ros.org/mailman/listinfo/ros-users > -- Jonathan Bohren Laboratory for Computational Sensing and Robotics http://dscl.lcsr.jhu.edu/People/JonathanBohren