Kirill Grouchnikov's Blog

Tiger for 5, Mustang for 6, Dolphin for 7. What for 8?

• Flamingo
• Eagle
• Falcon
• Albatross
• Kingfisher
• Condor
• Magnolia (well, not actually a bird, but can start a nice trend)

• Brazil - that will make me seriously consider going to MS
• Elephant - for the memory footprint
• Snail - for the performance

Comments

• Albatross has some negative connotations, and condor is an endangered species :-)

  Posted by: herbyderby on July 03, 2005 at 01:42 PM

• What about Wasp? It flies, it stings, it has a cool name! It even has a small footprint!

  Posted by: matsh on July 03, 2005 at 03:14 PM

• Hippo.

  Posted by: crazybob on July 03, 2005 at 08:33 PM

• how about "SeaShell" ?

  Posted by: jobjebaraj on July 03, 2005 at 10:47 PM

• How about Chicken?

  Posted by: chakrayadavalli on July 03, 2005 at 11:30 PM

• So good to see we're worrying more about the name of a product than what it does.
  Means the product is good enough that we don't need to worry about its functionality :)

  Posted by: jwenting on July 04, 2005 at 12:17 AM

• How about Bull, in memory of the marketing department?

  Posted by: aidan_walsh on July 04, 2005 at 01:39 AM

• I'm brazillian, and yes, I would not consider a good idea naming Java 8 with that word you're tired to listen every J1. :)

  But, who cares? It's just the name of a country that you probaly haven't meet yet. Why don't you take some vacations? You could reconsider your opinion and starting to like dressing a green-yellow-blue flag. :)

  Ah, sorry. The flag of your country doesn't have too much colors, right? You couldn't go to "Carnaval" with a two-simple color flag. And that can make your life less happy...

  See ya... :P

  Posted by: miojo on July 04, 2005 at 05:47 AM

• I think it must be cheetah, as Java is looking forward to 2015.
  By the by guys please dont try to plan 10 versions for the coming decade

  Posted by: sureshvasudev on July 04, 2005 at 06:08 AM

• How about something obvious like spider, or tarantula. Or another eight legged variety like octopus or calamari. It's so good you can fry it up and eat it.

  Posted by: andrescaron on July 04, 2005 at 06:43 AM

• camel, since by then Perl will be merged in, too. :)
  cheers,
  dalibor topic
  

  Posted by: robilad on July 04, 2005 at 07:22 AM

• I think octopus will be good, I recommend this very much, octopus has 8 legs.

  Octopus symbolizes Failover ability, Extensibility, Power, Maneuverability and much more.

  Posted by: wasim_ayoubi on July 04, 2005 at 07:34 AM

• Tiger is to Mustang...
  as Dolphin is to Sei (whale)

  I actually liked Humpback better, but bloggers have far too many opinions and jokes about the JDK aleady without encouraging them.

  Posted by: siderean on July 04, 2005 at 10:18 AM

• Judging from the rumors of extreme bloat planned for Mustang, by that time Albatross will be quite appropriate.

  Posted by: xod on July 04, 2005 at 01:00 PM

• I agree, it has to be octopus.

  Posted by: kxmas on July 04, 2005 at 09:00 PM

• Goshawk would be a nice name. It's one
  incredible bird of prey featured several times on National Geographic.

  Posted by: rexguo on July 04, 2005 at 10:38 PM

• xod has the right idea. Each release name should be an indication of what's in it. Mustang fails in that, THAT one should have been called Stegosaur instead.
  So let's reserve that name for the first unnamed release so far.
  A big lumbering beast that's inexorably headed for extinction because it's gotten too large and bloated to survive in a rapidly changing world, which is what I fear Java is heading for with the worrisome trend of featurebloat which is going on (and started with 1.4...).

  Posted by: jwenting on July 04, 2005 at 11:48 PM

• I think the best choise is "Orca"

  Posted by: emargineanu on July 05, 2005 at 02:09 AM

• I'm getting so tired of the animal metaphors. But my vote would be for "short haired domestic tabby cat". Who couldn't love one of those ;)

  Posted by: nedlud on July 05, 2005 at 03:25 AM

• OK, Garfield it is.

  Fat, lazy, egocentric, and likable.

  Posted by: jwenting on July 05, 2005 at 05:47 AM

• I think that could be Velociraptor. Smart, fast and voracious.

  Posted by: marcelojuventino on July 05, 2005 at 06:00 AM

• But a question: what's the problem with BRAZIL???

  Posted by: marcelojuventino on July 05, 2005 at 06:17 AM

• I think unicorn could be a good choice....

  Posted by: mrifflard on July 05, 2005 at 07:28 AM

• Brazil, nothing wrong with it. I think its probably used before.

  Hopefully not Gorilla.

  Posted by: fschoong on July 05, 2005 at 07:55 AM

• Somewhat frivolously - 800lb Gorilla. Seriously, Grizzly - it has been
  hunted to extinction.
  

  Posted by: rsm0001 on July 05, 2005 at 09:20 AM

• "PRAKASH" - sanskrit word to describes the sun brightness that brings happy mood to our daily life...

  Hope Java 8 bring more brightness to development community and software world...

  We will name it as "PRAKASH"

  Posted by: prakashvv on July 05, 2005 at 11:18 AM

• Tortoise - as in The Tortoise and the Hare.

  Posted by: johnreynolds on July 05, 2005 at 11:53 AM

• What's the problem with Brazil?
  It has almost been the name of the Java once?! If i am not wrong it becames Java for on "flavor" of coffee?! Doesn't it?! Brazil is another "flavor" of that!!
  As the most active Java community in the world it would be very nice has a name of Java version as the name of my country. Although who really cares about the name of a version?!?! There are lots of things to worry about!!! Lost of time?! ;)

  Posted by: jujo on July 05, 2005 at 12:26 PM

• how about Viper, JSE 8 'Viper', it sounds gr8 i guess

  Posted by: hassan14_pk on July 05, 2005 at 01:59 PM

• Panda.

  Posted by: turbochen on July 05, 2005 at 10:02 PM

• Golem (or "stone golem")

  Hard as a rock, stable as a building, but a little bit bulky...

  Posted by: lmollea on July 06, 2005 at 12:57 AM

• Cocoadrink, relax, and ponder!

  Posted by: ranjithpaliyath on July 06, 2005 at 02:27 AM

• "Fênix", I prefer. But I wonder to know why Brazil should be out of the list... I love this country and I think that is a good name.

  Posted by: davidfeitosa on July 06, 2005 at 04:47 AM

• Isn't Apple already using "cocoa"?

  Posted by: nedlud on July 06, 2005 at 01:10 PM

• Stingray

  - Try to step on it and it will sting ya! - :)

  Cheers,
  Mikael Grev

  Posted by: mgrev on July 06, 2005 at 02:11 PM

• What about Wallaby? : )

  Posted by: grlea on July 06, 2005 at 04:54 PM

• ok...
  What do you say about "Java USA" or "JAVA BRITISH"... Can you make a homage to the Bush and the his "beautiful" war?! I think that you are stupid and donkey :) Brazil is a pacific country where Java was growing very fast... Please, never travel to Brazil... Here we don't need guys as you.
  This is my opinion, like your... :-D

  Posted by: eltonk on July 07, 2005 at 06:41 PM

• Sorry...
  Go to MS =)

  Posted by: eltonk on July 07, 2005 at 06:50 PM

• How about crocodile or alligator? If you prefer a little bit of Brazilian sound you could go with jacaré (our alligator).

  Posted by: fabiocastilhomartins on July 07, 2005 at 07:27 PM

• How about something agressive like Nemesis, Widowmaker, Terminator or John Rambo. Yes, sounds good : JSE 8 'Rambo'

  Posted by: jfgilbert on July 12, 2005 at 04:35 PM

• I like Brazil. It would force me to move for MS perhaps if it was named Kirill. says me a thing, Kirill is people name?

  (this is a google translation)

  Posted by: lapavila on July 12, 2005 at 06:32 PM

• I suggest BADAK . It was the real Javanese phrase of a single rhinoceros horn from West Java. Javanese Rhino is an amazing and strong wild animal, but currently their population is limited and live in the natural conservation.

  Posted by: jginta on July 12, 2005 at 07:38 PM

• I suggest Colibri: it's speedy, it has small footprint (but is a bird not an insect), it's efficient (it sucks the plant saps with its long beak)...

  Posted by: giates on July 12, 2005 at 11:49 PM

• Caribou? Caribou are large, wild, elk-like animals which can be found above the tree-line in arctic North America and Greenland. Because they can live on lichens in the winter they are very well adapted for the harsh arctic tundra where they migrate great distances each year. Caribou have unique hairs which trap air providing them with excellent insulation.

  Posted by: mattinger on July 13, 2005 at 08:52 AM

• SHARK

  Posted by: acristi on July 13, 2005 at 09:35 AM

• Dodo

  Posted by: bskaarup on July 14, 2005 at 03:38 AM

• Please just use the number. For example the bug-parade is ridled with codewords "will be fixed in mumbo jumbo" unknown to the average developer or java programmer. There is no need for a secret handshake.

  Oh, and please keep the marketing guys out of the picture! Please! Java 2 1.5 5.0 whatever is already bad enough.

  Posted by: ewin on July 15, 2005 at 04:37 PM

• some nice names (I think) that came into my mind: Grasshopper, Sky, Emerald, Dragonfly or how about Ocho

  Posted by: uhilger on July 17, 2005 at 09:55 AM

• AARDVARK. C'mon, you know love that word.

  Posted by: uffenham on July 21, 2005 at 09:47 AM

• Golden Eagle is name for Java SE 8. "Golden Eagle" flight is truly inspiring to watch. The way Golden Eagle soars upward and can see the world beneath. Java has reached Summit to be looked by awe and admiration.

  Posted by: mamtapankaj on July 24, 2005 at 05:26 AM

• ALIEN. I'm a believer of new technologies, new trends... Why not to think beyond our mother Earth and fly out of it??? Remember that we are in expansion, growing... so Let's think beyond boundaries!!!

  Posted by: jalcom on July 27, 2005 at 05:00 PM

• phoenix

  Posted by: abhijit_jadeja on July 28, 2005 at 10:13 PM

• How About "Stallion"?

  Posted by: stephengaunt on August 05, 2005 at 04:11 AM

• I'm gonna go with "Koala". :)

  Posted by: bigfoot74205 on September 16, 2005 at 05:42 AM

• Octarine as in Colour of Magic ;-)
  

  Posted by: infernoz on March 25, 2006 at 08:43 AM

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