Aloha also means goodbye. Not a good name at all.

OpenTalk is the best.

LocalTalk?

(just kidding)

Why the heck not just call it "The Force"

Boy people are pathetic these days... Like when Jaguar got pissed over apple calling Mac OS X for that. Uh yeah, I walk into an Apple store wanting to buy a Jaguar car or at the Jaguar dealer in hopes of buying apple. Come on give the people a little credit here! We ain't THAT dumb!

Eureka would be a better name... or Voila...

Stupid French

Ironically, Aloha is the name of the very first wireless network (predating Ethernet), so this could be confusing for some, but not many.

Kind of a shame, since Rendevous was actually a pretty good name. I don't like Bonjour at all--sounds too one-way and friendly. Voila sounds like a much better idea; gets across the ease, even if it lacks the "connection" meaning.

Or how about something bland like Apple GetTogether.

bonjour sounds terrible when you're renaming rendezvous. Neither is accurate since it's more like 'Fumble', as you fumble across machines (stumbling already being taken by drunks and hackers alike). Why not zFig or iFind OpenTalk too...just not bonjour. Blech.

How about: "Sheeeit Howdy"?
Bonjour? Sacre Bleu!
No way, Steve.

SB

Booyakasha!

Boomshanka!

(feeling a little chav today ;)

entre vous

Come on Steve, OpenTalk is what it should have been called all along. I never really liked Rendezvous as a name, because it implied a central meeting point (and therefore a central server). But it's not centralized, and that's the whole point..machines can be found on the network by their Rendezvous name without a DNS server, or some directory server.

OpenTalk sounds like just what it is...AppleTalk updated for the modern era, and it's open to all standard IP protocols.

i meant "entre nous"

OpenTalk

I always thought Pimp Daddy would be a good name for it.

I far prefer OpenTalk to Bonjour.

“Bonjour” is an extremely poor choice for a multitude of reasons. You know that the Americans are just going to massacre the pronunciation, just as they do with “voila,” making it sound like “wahlah.” I know I’m going to cringe during the next MacWorld Expo when I hear it used. Don’t forget how Steve Jobs pronounces Jaguar as “Jagwire” instead of the American “Jagwahr” or the British “Jagyuahr.” Don’t forget that most Americans study Spanish or even German instead of French in their schools, so the pronunciation is going to make every Canadian and French citizen cringe and roll our/their eyes. I hope this isn’t Apple’s final choice.

Apple could continue their iFamily naming scheme, and call their mobile network the "iWander." As used at local coffee shops and other internet hot spots, the meaning might quickly evolve to "eyeWander."

--jc

So I hope he listens to you - not because we dumbass Americans can't say it, but because it sounds so damn stupid when ANYONE does!!!

Noooooo.

SB

Jesus-H-Christ....how f****** g** is this?

"Ok, now it's going to locate the printer using Bonjour..."

I will never, ever, ever use this term, even when I'm troubleshooting machines at work.

Just when Apple is starting to convince the PC robots that Macs aren't toys, they turn around and do this. Nice move, Apple. Maybe Steve should wear a dress and put on some makeup when he makes the announcement.

"Bonjour" is too peppy and I don't think "Hello!" really jives with what Rendezvous does.

Now, the Japanese word "aibiki," which can mean "rendezvous" as well as "(romantic) date" is very nice (and the component ideographs ("to meet with drama" and "to pull/attract") are good, too): (1) Japanese is currently culturally and technologically with it, like Apple, (2) Apple users love their Macs, (3) maybe Sony will be so impressed with the choice of a Japanese word that they shower Apple with millions and make all their hardware fully compatible with Apple products!

:-)

OpenTalk (1) was always a rumor, and (2) was never a likely one, considering Apple already used OpenTalk as a product name.

zeroconf.

That's what it is; further it brings the connection back to its open source roots.

A company invents, produces virtually nothing (at least I didn't hear) somehow came with that common french thing and sues an inventor, Apple actually did something and wins.

Sounds to me that Bonjour is a good name in some ways , and this would mean au reviour to the trademark issue with Tibico.

Don't you have your bumper stickers. Most people do not want anything to do with the French. Get it?

Bonjour? This sounds unbelievable like it was supposed to be an April 1 story.

Well from here in Australia it'd be "G' day." Oh, and "aloha" means "hello" as well as "au revoir." It's a beautiful greeting since it suggests no end.

rendezvous is french!

You guys use a lot of french words in military circles without problems. Here's an idea, why not try to expand your horizons and vocabulary for once?

I'm not french but i thought the whole "freedom fries" thing was absolutely moronic.

Grow up.

I'm an American, but after studying russian for the past 3 years, I noticed American attitudes about foreign languages for the first time.

It's not pretty. I used to think the French thing was a kind of joke. But I occasionally try to talk to my co-workers about the Russian marketplace, or the language, or issues for non-english speakers, and after a while it became obvious...the joke never ends, because its no joke.

The nationalism and lack of tolerance for other cultures is pervasive.

Oh well, nothing new here, but having lived it myself, it took a lot to open my eyes.

or anything else:
intstanet
disco
etherway

but image saying "From Connect to: type in the ________ address"
bonjour does not work, to round of a word to go with address...
bonJOR-Address ... "ORA" is the sound, it just smashes together.
"instanet address" has a nice ring yes?

has it been taken yet?

Jonathan-Tanya, it's kind of mind-boggling isn't it?

Isolation, literal and figurative, is a dangerous thing.

they should call it "booty call" since all you are wanting to do is hook up

How about "KooMBAHYA" instead?

Open Talk is even a better name- but so many network admins hate Apple Talk so much that Open Talk just sounds like a redux.

I like french people and cheese and stuff, but this is a stupid name for a networking technology.

Um- Steve- back to the drawing board...