D Shared Software System name change vote

[clayasaurus]

Pragma wrote:
> Gregor Richards wrote:
>> OK, I've collected some I like and would be willing to change to, 
>> please vote in this thread. Choices:
>>
>> * dsss [eg don't change it]
>> * ondmand
>> * dmand
>> * dsire or desire
>> * dserve
>> * svd
>> * d3s or ds3 [I don't like this one at all, I feel it's even more 
>> difficult to type than dsss, but I'll put it in for good measure ... 
>> sorry Pragma :)]
> 
> That's not a problem at all. I firmly believe in airing *all* the 
> possible suggestions, even if they're not always stellar.  That's 
> because "good" is highly subjective when it comes to things like this.
> 
> Edison: "Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent 
> perspiration."
> 
> Which follows up to a corollary that is often attributed to him: "I have 
> not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
> 
> You'll find the right name for this thing.  The question is: will you 
> have to sit down with the 'D' section of the encyclopedia to do it? ;)
> 
> 
> PS,
> Not to thread-jack, but I found this blurb on Wikipedia, that sounded 
> eerily like another stereotype that we're all too familiar with around 
> here:
> 
> The day after Edison died the New York Times contained extensive 
> coverage of Edison's life, with the only negative opinion coming from 
> Tesla who was quoted as saying, "He had no hobby, cared for no sort of 
> amusement of any kind and lived in utter disregard of the most 
> elementary rules of hygiene"
> 

Tesla and Edison didn't like each other due to the AC vs. DC power war. 
Tesla was pretty awesome, though, just look at his lab.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla
http://www.leyada.jlm.k12.il/proj/edsntsla/hist3.htm