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Re: Vote for a new name
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Pascal J . Bourguignon |
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Re: Vote for a new name |
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Fri, 17 Oct 2003 22:08:26 +0200 |
Alex Perez writes:
> > I have been thinking about this too, and must say I find it very hard to
> > come up with a good name. The most logical one to me would be
> > DirectoryBrowser.app but I know that Directory might be confusing.
> But Directory != LDAP. DirectoryBrowser.app does NOT tell you what the
> program does, while LDAPBrowser, in fact, does, assuming you know what
> LDAP is, which is where it gets a bit hairy...
> > I had the same problem as Lee, with GSLDAPBrowser and LDAPBrowser. I
> > don't know a good English term for Directory that would not create the
> > confusion with directories on disk.
> >
> > So the end conclusion to me would be DirectoryBrowser.app since nothing
> > else could describe the app more clearly.
LDAP = Lightweight Directory Access Protocol.
The program is not a protocol (it only uses a protocol):
Lightweight Directory Access.
Well the protocol is defined in 24469 bytes, or only 7953 bytes of
compressed text. That's why it's called lightweight. Now I doubt the
application is so small. I'd guess at at least 100 KB if not 1 MB. So:
Directory Access.
What does all application, or almost all application do? That's it,
they all access data (and then process it). So, saying that an
application is used to access data is not very discriminate, since
they all do:
Directory.
Ah! Here is some bits of information. The application is about
directories.
But then, I'm called Pascal, so you may as well call the program
Robert, I would not mind :-)
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- Vote for a new name, Frédéric PRACA, 2003/10/14
- Vote for a new name, Pascal J . Bourguignon, 2003/10/14
- Re: Vote for a new name, Frédéric PRACA, 2003/10/14
- Re: Vote for a new name, thisguyisi, 2003/10/17
- Re: Vote for a new name, Dennis Leeuw, 2003/10/17
- Re: Vote for a new name, Chris Beaham, 2003/10/17
- Re: Vote for a new name, PUYDT Julien, 2003/10/17
- Re: Vote for a new name, Helge Hess, 2003/10/17
- Re: Vote for a new name, Alex Perez, 2003/10/17
- Re: Vote for a new name,
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- Re: Vote for a new name, Gregory John Casamento, 2003/10/17