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Re: Fwd: OZONE - the name

On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, Stefan Ericsson wrote:
> Maybe I'm a bit late in the discussion (trying to catch up), but I totaly 
> agree on not calling it a database management system.
> Why not "Object Persistent Storage"? Isn't that what it's about?
> I'm not sure I like "Object Server", that doesn't tell me anything.

This is true, "Object Server" tells nothing - but sounds cool ;) and, of course
more important, others (POET, if I remember right) use this term too for very
similar products. "Object Persistent Storage" is more descriptive but I'm not
sure if people would expect a transactional multi-user, multi-threaded
client/server system behind this term.


Falko

> 
> /Stefan Ericsson
> 
> > >
> > > As for the name, ozone is a management system for objects, not data.
> > > Objects have behavior and data. Object systems are called Object
> > > database Management system
> > > (ODBMS) to be similar with RDMS. I suggest the Ozone be called Ozone OMS
> > > for Object Management System or Server and once and for all get rid of
> > > the overused term data. OBMS would be okay too. Data is nothing without
> > > context and nothing without behavior and nothing without ... Sorry about
> > > the rant but I hope people will consider this proposal.
> >
> > I perfectly agree. The term ODBMS led us to so many confusion. Months ago I
> > proposed to call ozone an Object Base. Object Server sounds cool too.
> > Perhaps even better? What about:
> >
> > ozone - The Open Source Java Object Server ?
> >
> > Does anybody see _any_ pitfalls with this or should we go ahead and change
> > this? (all we can do is changing two or three words on the web site anyway)
> >
> > One thing is that the term "Object Server" is not well defined IMO. Today
> > ozone is listed in many software collections under ODBMS. This is good or
> > bad but such links get us more visibility. I'm not sure if people know
> > where to list an "Object Server". Ideas?
> >
> >
> > Falko
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