From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Abrahams Subject: Re: Un-googlable Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 02:10:29 -0800 Message-ID: <87k5ee4oru.fsf@mcbain.luannocracy.com> References: <877iagpjsk.fsf@mcbain.luannocracy.com> <48A7D804.9080604@qumranet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii To: kvm@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:60321 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751852AbYHRKKu (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Aug 2008 06:10:50 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KV1hE-0007AA-Dt for kvm@vger.kernel.org; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:10:44 +0000 Received: from 211-35-237-24.gci.net ([24.237.35.211]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:10:44 +0000 Received: from dave by 211-35-237-24.gci.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:10:44 +0000 Sender: kvm-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: on Sat Aug 16 2008, Avi Kivity wrote: > In many ways kvm is a horrible choice. I'm not sure a name change is > possible at this stage, though. > > I've thought of 'slice' (which rhymes nicely with some Qumranet > products, and so may not be the first choice for other kvm > developers), but that may not be the googliest name either. No, and I can't claim to have come up with anything apt. > Perhaps one day the distinction between kvm and linux will disappear, > and the hypervisor will be known simply as 'Linux'. Thanks for a thoughtful answer, Avi. -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com