[Notion-devel] why "notion"

[M R. <mr...@gm...>]

as i said before on ion's ML, i 'm still torn between the two equally
good (and almost equally bad) names, "notion" and "nion"; so here i'll
present my arguments for/against both, and let you decide (or present
your own arguments for other names).


first up, notion, why it's good:
- it's clever
- it has a double meaning
- double pronunciation
- easy to remember
- we already have a home/mailinglists
why it's bad:
- little visibility on search engines (?)
- it's already trademarked by a couple of companies
- it's also the name of an app produced by one of those companies

nion, why it's good:
- ᚅ
- it means 'fork' in ancient irish, which is both 
 - good, because: it's clever
 - bad, because: we might decide to rewrite the code at some point, and
at that point, it won't be a fork anymore, and we need a name that lasts
forever and ever and ever...
- you can say it has a double meaning too ("nion" as in "Not-ION" and
"fork")
why it's bad:
- it's already trademarked by EVEN MORE companies (I checked)
- visibility on search engines is anybody's guess...


so there,
M Rawash