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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: RE: Project nameRE: Project name
From: <Henri.David_at_nokia.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 20:04:50 +0200 > What do you think of Portmap (or Portmapp to modify a little bit) > standing for "PORTable Mp3-Player APPlication". it also sounds like port mapping :) henri > > ----- Original Message ----- > > This isn't really the most important of issues, but... > > I don't really like the name "Open Source Jukebox". It's more a > description than a project name, and a bit too general to uniquely > identify this specific project. It's not unthinkable that someone > creates > another mp3 player application that is also called (or described as) > "Open > Source Jukebox". > > I was bouncing a few name ideas with Linus (whom I work with) during > lunch > today, and after much frowning he came up with a suggestion: > > Rocky > > It's got a musical reference (rock) and, for the imaginative, I'm sure > there's a couple of fun allegories to be drawn from the movie > if we want > to. :-) > > A quick net search reveals no rocky projects on freshmeat or > sourceforge, > and google only returns a bunch of references to the Rocky > Mountains and > Rocky Horror Picture Show. So it doesn't appear occupied. > > What do you guys think? Any other suggestions? > > /Björn > Received on 2002-01-08 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |