[plug] new PLUG machine - call it "spark"

Leon Brooks leonb at bounce.networx.net.au
Wed Dec 15 14:57:44 WST 1999


Nick Bannon wrote:
> > grooaaannn ....  but clever. How about "sparcplug" - I think people might
> > miss the joke with just 'spark'.

Uh, I think looking up plug.linux.org.au and getting spark.wasp.net.au
might ring a few bells. Anyway, so what if some people miss the joke.
That's life! The _only_ way to make sure people get a joke is to make it
_really_ unclever - and by then, there's no point.

> It's kinda taken by a product - a SPARCplug is Ross Technology's
> Sun-compatible server squeezed into a small case which can slide into
> a full height 5.25" drive bay.

Not sparcplug, just "spark". Possibly "spark.plug.org.au" and/or
"spark.plug.linux.org.au".

> "No, it's not an SPARCplug, sparcplug is just a SPARC for PLUG".

Or a plug for Sparc, depending on your point of view. (-:

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