Re: [9fans] NIX 64-bit kernel is available

[Nick LaForge <nicklaforge@gmail.com>]

Kudos to the involved researchers for valuing such public involvement. :-)

Performance numbers immediately come to mind considering the nature of
the work.  I know Ron's past talks considered bottleneck analysis, but
for those of us not running such large machines it is probably
necessary to read the numerical results that indicate what code
is/isn't ill-adapted to performance computing.

Surely though I'm jumping the gun and need to wait for Ron's talk to tell all.

Nick

On 9/14/11, John Floren <john@jfloren.net> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 2:32 PM, Bakul Shah <bakul@bitblocks.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:42:53 PDT John Floren <john@jfloren.net>  wrote:
>>>
>>> We have discussed this. "Nixie" was a proposed new name, but for now
>>> we'd rather get the actual code and distribution right than worry
>>> about the name.
>>
>> I like the name Nixie (& Nixie tubes (& Nixie tube watches!))
>> but isn't Nixie a trademark?
>>
>> Make it really small and it can be Pixie. With readymade mascots.
>>
>> A memorable name is a requirement these days -- you don't want
>> first 10^6 google hits for something else.
>>
>>
>
> I don't want to drag out the discussion, but:
>
> 1. Nixie is pretty much generic these days. Wikipedia even calls it a
> genericised trademark.
> 2. Nixies are also Germanic water spirits.
>
> I think we're good :)
>
>
> John
>
>