Hermes: A New Open Source Alternative for Doing Pub/Sub over HTTP

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by wslh • 15 years ago

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mindcrime• 15 years ago

Bad call on the name, guys. There's already a project using the name "Hermes" that is related to messaging.[1] Granted, it's JMS specific, but the domains are close enough for it to be confusing.

[1] http://www.hermesjms.com/confluence/display/HJMS/Home

sebilasse• 15 years ago

Maybe also not smart to take the same name as the high-end luxury fashion brand [2].

[2] http://www.hermes.com/

tingley• 15 years ago

Also the name of a venerable BBS system [3]. I'm feeling OLD.

[3] http://www.hermesbbs.com/

teyc• 15 years ago

On the subject of names, one of the developers is Jesus. http://weblogs.asp.net/gsusx/archive/2011/07/12/tellago-anno...

dougws• 15 years ago

Hermes is also the name of a Greek messenger god so potential users of both products (the Mount Olympus IT department, for instance) are likely to be confused.

Seriously, though, it's a really obvious name for a messaging-related project and I don't think Hermes JMS is big enough to have a monopoly on it.

Hermes: A New Open Source Alternative for Doing Pub/Sub over HTTP

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