D Shared Software System name change vote

[Don Clugston]

Ary Manzana wrote:
> Chris Nicholson-Sauls escribió:
>> Gregor Richards wrote:
>>> Some people have voiced dislike of my choice of the name 'dsss' for 
>>> DSSS' binary, because it's difficult to type repeatedly.
>>>
>>> I'm taking suggestions/votes for a new name, before DSSS is old 
>>> enough that it's beaten into anyone's heads.  This name only covers 
>>> the binary, the actual system is still going to be the D Shared 
>>> Software System.
>>>
>>>  - Gregor Richards
>>
>> Personally, I don't mind the name as it is.  Plus, I like it when a 
>> suite's binary has the same name as the suite itself.  But: how 
>> feasible might it be to design DSSS's binary such that the actual name 
>> of it doesn't matter?  Maybe that would be better for some.  Or not, I 
>> really don't know.
>>
>> Since this is supposed to be suggestions, how about:
>>
>> dmand -- as in the 'ondmand' suggestion already made, but a bit shorter
>> dmerge -- as in 'emerge' on Gentoo... ;)  Probably /too/ similar for 
>> safety, though
>> dport -- as in 'portage' ... but that's not exactly right
>> desire -- *shrug*
>> dsc -- D.S.SS C.lient?  (Reminds me of a time when 'Mango' was 'D 
>> Server Classes'.)
>> dvn -- as in D-VersioN, parody of SubVersioN
>> dsoft -- *shrug*
> 
> How many words starting with d!
> 
> Another one is dserve. You can see it as "deserve" or "d-serve" :-P

That's not bad. dmand is OK, too.