Re: naming discussion for Fedora community grid project (previously aka Fedora@Home)

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On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Ralf Corsepius <rc040203@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, 2008-04-25 at 15:19 -0400, Bryan Che wrote:
>  > Hi, we just completed a trademark search on "Sleepwalker," and it turns
>  > out that it's already being used for software.  So, we're going to have
>  > to go with a different name.  I've asked for searches on the next
>  > highest vote-getters, "Turbine" and "Sandman."
>
>  I am not sure if you are aware that "Turbine" had been a popular name
>  for sport club in former Communist East Europe. As such it comes along
>  with associations related to the "decline of the Communist System" in
>  many parts of Europe.

More relevantly, it may or may not be a registered mark, but is
definitely already in use in software; Free web service software,
even. http://turbine.apache.org/

Luis

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