From: James Edward Gray II <james@...>
Date: 2005-03-10T08:28:53+09:00
Subject: Fwd: Ruby Central 2005 Codefest Grant recipients

(from the newsgroup)

Begin forwarded message:

> From: gabriele renzi
> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2005 11:48:07 GMT
> Subject: Re: [ANN] Ruby Central 2005 Codefest Grant recipients
> To:
>
> David A. Black ha scritto:
>> 3. Gambit (James Edward Gray II)
>>
>> Gambit is pure Ruby framework for building multiplayer Web games
>> offering two key services:  Game management and design tools.  Gambit
>> can manage player's accounts, game hosting and joining, player
>> histories, in-game communication systems and out-of-game notifications
>> for in-game activities.
>
> I think a different name would be better, to avoid name collision with
> gambit scheme[1].
> Actually, I read about this project here and on rubyforge and both 
> times
> I thought "cool, a module to compile ruby using the gambit scheme
> implementation!"
>
> [1]http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/

I thank you for bringing this to my attention, but as near as I can 
tell, this has nothing to do with Ruby or Ruby libraries.  I think 
ruling all non-Ruby names out of our choices would be a disservice to 
our users.

Plus, as a tournament chess player, "Gambit" makes a lot more sense to 
me in this instance than the one you point out.  (No offense intended.)

So, I would prefer not to change.  I consider the name to be well 
chosen (we debated our options for some time)  and this conflict seems 
vague to me.  Of course, if this message earns me a lot of hate mail, 
I'll reconsider.  ;)

James Edward Gray II