RE: [NSIS] New Name Proposal for NSIS/GIMPS

[Tschofenig Hannes <hannes.tschofenig at siemens.com>]

hi takako, 

we actually thought that japanese folks would be happy to see a protocol
with such a name. 

we had the impression that it is a nice name for a protocol. 

ciao
hannes

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Takako Sanda [mailto:sanda.takako at jp.panasonic.com]
> Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 11:44 AM
> To: Cyrus Shaoul
> Cc: nsis at ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [NSIS] New Name Proposal for NSIS/GIMPS
> 
> 
> Hi Cyrus and Interim participants,
> 
> SHINGOU... Sounds so strange!! (at least for Japanese 8-))
> 
> This name may cause serious problem or confusion as Japanese 
> people tend
> to translate technical terms into Japanese. The word "SINGOU" 
> covers any
> kinds of signals or signaling messages.
> At least, I cannot agree using unicode or ASCII art for 
> showing "SINGOU".
> 
> Alternative (my personal) ideas are:
> - Making small change for the word "SINGOU". such as "SINGOP"
> (Singo-protocol?!)
> 
> - Using some other language used in the people who do not translate
> technical terms into their language, such as Greek, Arabic(?!) etc
> (In Greek, signal is "Sima").
> 
> How do you think?
> 
> --Takako
> 
> 
> On Thu, 03 Jun 2004 05:13:00 -0600
> "Cyrus Shaoul" <cyrus at ntt-at.com> wrote:
> 
> > From the Interim Meeting in lovely Romsey....
> > 
> > A new name proposal for all of NSIS came up:
> > 
> > 	SHINGOU
> > 
> > Shingou also means "signal" in Japanese.
> > 
> > SHINGOU is not an acronym. It is SHINGOU.
> > 
> > GIMPS becomes SHINGO, and all NSLP applications will become 
> "SHINGO QoS",
> > "SHINGO NATFW", etc...
> > 
> > In Japanese and Korean, the characters are 信号. Can we use 
> UNICODE for
> > a protocol name???? :-) These characters could also be 
> rendered in ASCII
> > art, if need be.
> > 
> > It appears that there are no name collisions with other products or
> > sites after a quick Google check.
> > 
> > Please send in your thoughts on this name today! (GOOD? BAD?)
> > If you say BAD, please send in a better name!
> > 
> > Cyrus Shaoul
> > cyrus at ntt-at.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> ----- 
> Takako SANDA <sanda.takako at jp.panasonic.com>
> Next-Generation Mobile Communications Development Center,
> Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Panasonic)
> Phone: +81 46 840 5764  Fax: +81 46 840 5122
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