naming discussion for Fedora community grid project (previously aka Fedora at Home)

Ralf Corsepius rc040203 at freenet.de
Sat Apr 26 04:26:43 UTC 2008


On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 15:19 -0400, Bryan Che wrote:
> Hi, we just completed a trademark search on "Sleepwalker," and it turns 
> out that it's already being used for software.  So, we're going to have 
> to go with a different name.  I've asked for searches on the next 
> highest vote-getters, "Turbine" and "Sandman."

I am not sure if you are aware that "Turbine" had been a popular name
for sport club in former Communist East Europe. As such it comes along
with associations related to the "decline of the Communist System" in
many parts of Europe.

Ralf





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