Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine

Re:Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine by pm on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:15PM (#15353222)

Curious how you came up with the name... Wallaroo is a town in my state, and it's originally an Aboriginal word (though I don't recall the meaning).

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Re:Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine by spooneybarger on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:18PM (#15353246)

We had an internal naming contest with voting. My nomination "Wallaroo" won. I like animal mascots and thought that a Wallaroo would make a cool logo.

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Re:Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine by kornish on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:17PM (#15353240)

I was wondering if it was a portmanteau of "wallaby" and "kangaroo".

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Re:Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine by spooneybarger on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:19PM (#15353247)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaroo

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Re:Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine by kornish on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:28PM (#15353291)

Didn't know. Thanks!

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Re:Wallaroo: a fast, scalable data processing engine by pm on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @07:38PM (#15353333)

Neither did I, and I'm Australian!

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