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Excerpts from Solly Ross's message of 2014-04-01 10:19:12 -0700:
> Hello All,
> 
> As OpenStack Marconi grows, I think it's time we addressed the question on everyone's mind:
> why isn't the project called OpenStack Macaroni?
> 
> There are several compelling reasons to change Marconi's name to Macaroni:
> 
> 1. Macaroni, being tube-shaped, exemplify the concept of connecting various services such
>    that messages (cheese sauce) can flow between them.  Remember, the internet is in fact
>    a series of tubes.
> 
> 2. Everyone reads the name as Macaroni the first time they see it, anyway.
> 
> 3. Everyone knows what Macaroni are, while many people do not know who Marconi is.
>    People unable to access Wikipedia in a timely manner will greatly benefit from
>    the name change, since they will be able to instantly recognize what Marconi/Macaroni
>    provides to the OpenStack project (see #1).
> 
> 4. Only robots dislike Macaroni and Cheese.  Therefore, by holding a vote, we can
>    identify who is, in fact, a robot, and summarily destroy them before they are
>    able to orchestrate a SkyNet-inspired uprising.
> 
> Therefore, in the name of clarity, hilarity, and the prevention of robot apocalypses,
> I call for a vote to change the name of the OpenStack Marconi project
> to OpenStack Macaroni.  The vote should probably be held after OpenStack Summit,
> so that we can discuss the potential name change in a Summit session.
> 

As a flying spaghetti monsterist[1] I praise this move to exhalt pasta
in OpenStack. Ramen.


[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_Monster