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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by nine_k on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @05:10PM (#18547326)
"McKernel" is great, it both somehow refers to the architecture, to the fact that it's a kernel, and is unique and googleable.

"Popcorn" is generic and makes it hard to search for the project, and easy to clash with another project of the same name.

I wish people invented good unique name for projects, instead of trying to make a (b)ackronym or a subtle reference using a generic word.

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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by _underflow_ on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @07:44PM (#18548286)
This does kinda sound like something off the Dollar Menu, though.
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by muthdra on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @09:26PM (#18548771)
I thought of it as a joke name like Parsey McParseface: https://deepai.org/machine-learning-model/parseymcparseface
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by bfung on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @09:36PM (#18548822)
Only to the American audience. Doubtful that it evokes the same association in Japan (www-sys-aics.riken.jp).
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by craftyguy on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @10:22PM (#18549052)
McDonald's is in Japan.
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by bfung on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @10:52PM (#18549170)
But in Japan, is the culture there to associated all the Mc's with McDonald's, like in America? Do they even have the "Dollar" menu (Yen menu?).

Anyways, I doubt naming McKernel had any thoughts of McDonald's and the implication of the cheap dollar menu.

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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by robin_reala on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:17AM (#18549811)
They have おてごろマック, which is ¥200: http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/menu/otegoro/
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by pvg on Tuesday November 27, 2018 @10:56PM (#18549182)
They'd have called it the Kernel Royale.
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by bfung on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:30AM (#18549855)
Kernel Royale doesn't sound cheap to me, in fact, sounds regal =P
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by pvg on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:58AM (#18549939)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pkq_eBHXJ4&feature=youtu.be...
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Re:McKernel – A lightweight multi-kernel OS for high-perform... by NetOpWibby on Wednesday November 28, 2018 @02:50AM (#18549913)
Royale with cheese!
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