RE: Protocol Name

["Paul Gordon" <paul_gordon@xxxxxxx>]

All very good points, lucidly made Graham,

But...

It's a larf innit!

And can you imagine how amusing it would be if this project were to achieve
commercial success, to have hundreds (thousands?) of people all over the
world implementing a protocol called "ARSE" into their houses,
and this
protocol name falling into popular usage!! - personally, I'd laugh my arse
off!  (but then I *am* a bit twisted, I guess..)

Paul G.

:-)


>From: "Graham Howe" <graham@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
>Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Protocol Name
>Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2001 13:31:49 +0100
>
>Am I the only one who thinks accronyms are a bit naff. Why is it
necessary
>to have the project name spell out some words that might be loosely
>connected. Take HomeVision for example or Comfort, they are reasonable
>names
>without all this faffing about. I selected Solarfish for my company
because
>it was simple, unique on the internet (though some sod be me to it for
a
>yahoo ID), usually spelt correctly when read out over the phone and
fairly
>easy to make into a logo. Whether you like the end result or not I
don't
>really care, but the point is that these things could be more important
>than
>getting it to actually spell out something. Just IMHO of course.
>
>Graham
>

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