In <200811081334.13063.stef.coene at docum.org> Stef Coene <stef.coene at docum.org> 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