[ros-users] ROS J Turtle Naming Brainstorming

[Mike Purvis]

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 <william at osrfoundation.org> 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 <patrick at pirobot.org>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
>>>
>>>
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