[Kde-pim] More questions about: scripting akonadi

[Ingo Klöcker]

On Friday 18 April 2008, M. Fioretti wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 22:07:05 PM +0200, Ingo Klöcker wrote:
> > On Wednesday 16 April 2008, M. Fioretti wrote:
> > > BTW, what the heck does Akonadi mean? Why this name?
> >
> > http://pim.kde.org/development/meetings/osnabrueck4/naming.php
>
> Thanks, but the "oracle goddess of justice in Ghana"?
>
> How is being an "oracle goddess of justice" anywhere seen as related
> to being a "PIM cache/storage backend system"?

Not at all. So what. What is "Apple" named after? A fruit? How is being 
a fruit anywhere seen as related to being a computer company?

We wouldn't have taken the name of a god/goddess of war, but a "goddess 
of justice" is surely okay to be named after.


> Or maybe Akonadi was chosen simply because it sounds cool? Just
> [terribly] curious,really. 

Some of the reasons (AFAIR) were:
- The term "Akonadi" was new, i.e. it was not used by others for 
computer related protocols, systems, applications, etc. while many of 
the other proposals were already taken.
- We couldn't come up with a cool fitting term for common PIM data 
access interface and cache (CPIMDAIAC?) like Solid for hardware 
abstraction or Phonon for an audio system or those terms were already 
taken.
- We all kind of liked the sound of "Akonadi".
- "Akonadi" can be easily pronounced in most languages (no complicated 
phonems). (I think I just made that one up. :-) )
- And, last but not least, and with tongue in cheek: It contains 
a 'K' ;-)


Regards,
Ingo
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