In <user-c60b2f2f8cba@xymon.invalid> Stef Coene <user-dbffe946c0f4@xymon.invalid> writes:
On Saturday 08 November 2008, Henrik St=F8rner wrote:
As of today, the official name is "Xymon" (pronounced just
like "Simon").
It sounds nice.
I'm glad you like it.
Why have you choosen for Xymon ?
It's really just a name that popped into my head one
morning, and it sounded "right".
It also fits with the criteria I listed back in August
http://www.hswn.dk/hobbiton/2008/08/msg00193.html :
No clashes with Tolkien or existing book/movie characters;
it isn't trademarked; it's short and easily pronouncable;
and the relevant domains were all (mostly) available.
(xymon.net wasn't, but I can live with that).
That it ends with "mon" is also a plus, that seems
reasonable for "mon"itoring software.
And I can just hear everyone shout "what does Xymon
say?" when there's an outage. Sorry 'bout that, if you
happen to have a Simon on your admin team :-)
Finally, the ultimate sys-admin - the BOFH ! - was created
by a Simon: http://www.theregister.co.uk/odds/bofh/
(Just joking about that last one).
Regards,
Henrik