[news.eclipse.technology.ecomm] Re: Greetings and request for participat

[Scott Lewis <slewis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ed,

Ed Burnette wrote:
> Sounds interesting, but I have a question and a suggestion. The question is,
> (how) does this relate to the Koi project? 

I expect and hope that some of the KOI work will carry forward into this 
project.  Since the underlying communications approach is different 
(based upon synch xml rpc for koi, and asynch pub/sub messaging for this 
project) there are likely some major differences in the communications 
abstractions, however.

I and the others are definately aware of and appreciative of the KOI 
work.  Hopefully some of the people that were working on KOI will 
participate with this project.  KOI has not been moving forward much 
recently, however, so when I proposed this project it was suggested to 
me that the proposal be separate rather than as a continuation of KOI.

The suggestion is, I think it
> would be a good idea to find a different id for the project that won't be
> confused with "ecommerce".

Good point.

> I don't know of any specific plans for an Eclipse ecommerce project but I
> could easily imagine one in the future. When I first saw
> eclipse.technology.ecomm, ecommerce was my first thought. So I think
> something like "com", "comm", or "communic" would be better. I don't suggest
> "ecp" because it is too close to "ercp" and "rcp".

OK, we will give some consideration to something other than ecomm.  If 
you have any other ideas us know.  I don't think 'com' would work at 
all, maybe 'comm' or a short fanciful name that has something to do with 
communications...like 'wilco'.

In any event, thanks for the suggestions.  It's difficult, as you can 
easily imagine, to come up with something that's just a few letters 
long, doesn't cause a name collision with something else, and has some 
connection to eclipse and communications.

Thanks,

Scott

> Good luck,
> --Ed