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

[Henning Schulzrinne <hgs at cs.columbia.edu>]

I know this is a fun debate to have. I'd just like to add that deviating
from the acronym custom will only lead to people inventing expansions of
a term.

Takako Sanda wrote:

> 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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> 
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> Takako SANDA <sanda.takako at jp.panasonic.com>
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