Merb stays merb

Posted by ezmobius Sun, 10 Dec 2006 23:47:00 GMT

Yup that all she wrote. Merb is going to stay merb. Sorry to the folks who wanted a new name. I like merb enough and it is already all over the codebase.

If you don’t think merb is a good enough name to sell your pointy haired bosses on then all you need to do is think back on the name mongrel. A lot of folk tried to get Zed to change mongrel to be something more enterprisy. Nowadays mongrel is an everyday household term. Just think, soon enough even your mom will know what merb is and she will undoubtedly think its a cute name ;)

Anyway, I’m glad people responded with support for the Merb name. I didn’t realize how much I liked the name until I started to consider alternatives. And we can always have nicknames for releases.

Also I have just finished registering #merb on irc.freenode.net . I will be hanging out in there most of the time. Come on over if you need help or want to talk merb.

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  1. Chris said about 1 hour later:
    Great, glad you kept the name. It has a certain charm abouts it.
  2. Joe Ruby said about 6 hours later:
    > Nowadays mongrel is an everyday household term. Outside of RoR circles?
  3. Peter Cooper said about 16 hours later:
    I think someone felt strongly about it though. Shortly after I left my comment on your last post, some fruit-loop left anonymous comments on my blog (which I didn't approve, so they never appeared publicly) swearing and bitching at my comment left here ;-)
  4. josh said about 19 hours later:
    don't forget to snag merb-dot-org, which appears to still be available right now.
  5. rick said about 21 hours later:
    now you need a cute furry mascot. maybe some kind of small parasite that lives on dogs, like a flea.
  6. ezra said about 24 hours later:
    josh- where did you see merb dot org being available? I can't find it as being available. merb.org is some music database thingy. Any other ideas for a domain name folks? Joe- it was a joke, laugh
  7. pablete said 1 day later:
    gomerb is available in many flawors org com and net ;)
  8. pablete said 1 day later:
    getmerb as well ;)
  9. Joe Ruby said 1 day later:
    Hahahahahahaha!!! (Zed's funnier :P)
  10. Ezra said 1 day later:
    Ok I got a killer domain name. I will hopefully get some time to make a wiki/docs type site for merb and put it up soon. The domain name is:

    merbivore.com

    ;-)
  11. Amr said 5 days later:
    I'm glad you kept it Merb. It rolls off the tongue so easily. Look forward to the merbivore.com wiki etc. Ruby is proving to be more than fertile ground for various specific use frameworks.

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