Excerpts from Solly Ross's message of 2014-04-01 10:19:12 -0700: > Hello All, > > As OpenStack Marconi grows, I think it's time we addressed the question on > everyone's mind: > why isn't the project called OpenStack Macaroni? > > There are several compelling reasons to change Marconi's name to Macaroni: > > 1. Macaroni, being tube-shaped, exemplify the concept of connecting various > services such > that messages (cheese sauce) can flow between them. Remember, the > internet is in fact > a series of tubes. > > 2. Everyone reads the name as Macaroni the first time they see it, anyway. > > 3. Everyone knows what Macaroni are, while many people do not know who > Marconi is. > People unable to access Wikipedia in a timely manner will greatly benefit > from > the name change, since they will be able to instantly recognize what > Marconi/Macaroni > provides to the OpenStack project (see #1). > > 4. Only robots dislike Macaroni and Cheese. Therefore, by holding a vote, we > can > identify who is, in fact, a robot, and summarily destroy them before they > are > able to orchestrate a SkyNet-inspired uprising. > > Therefore, in the name of clarity, hilarity, and the prevention of robot > apocalypses, > I call for a vote to change the name of the OpenStack Marconi project > to OpenStack Macaroni. The vote should probably be held after OpenStack > Summit, > so that we can discuss the potential name change in a Summit session. >
As a flying spaghetti monsterist[1] I praise this move to exhalt pasta in OpenStack. Ramen. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
