one thing.. os/2 v. 4 was called "merlin"... might lead to some confusion -david ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dale A. Raby" <publisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <openbeos-cdt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 10:15 AM Subject: [openbeos-cdt] Names > > OK. On the subject of names. I came up with a couple of half-baked > ideas while in the shower... hey inspiration strikes where it may, but I > appologize for this horrible image. I propose that we look to history > and/or mythology for our inspiration. Specifically, I would suggest > Arthurian mythology. > > On that note, a few specifics: > > Excalibur... > > The sword given to Arthur by a hand reaching out of the surface of a > lake. With it he was to unite (read conquer) England. The scabbard, > according to Merlin was the most valuable part of the package as one > holding it would lose no blood in battle. So it was a warrior's tool > that rendered one invulnerable. Kind of like the mythical crash-proof > OS This one would lend itself well to the artists among us. It is also > old beyond belief and cannot be copyrighted. Le Morte d' Arthur was > originally published in the 1400's. > > Merlin... > > Also can't be copyrighted. Would lend itself to wide interpretation > graphically. Merlin was supposedly a powerful wizard, but actually did > little other than to disguise people and create other illusions. The > paralels to our modern cyberworld are obvious. > > Lancelot... > > This knight of Arthur is mostly known for stealing Arthur's queen > Guinever... for us, the world desktop market from Microsoft. This would > also lend itself well to graphics. > > Any of these would be instantly recognizable to most any educated person > in the world, and even some six hundred years after the legends were > gathered and published in book form by Sir Thomas Malory, himself almost > lost in legend, they still conjure images that appeal to many. > > > Comments? > > > ----------------------------------- > This message was sent with the demo version of Postmaster, a BeOS mail client. > For more information, please visit http://kennyc.com/postmaster > >