[zeromq-dev] Preferred spelling of ØMQ?

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 3:09 PM, Michael Glaesemann <grzm at seespotcode.net> wrote:

> Looking around, I've seen ØMQ spelled a variety of ways.
>
> ØMQ  LATIN CAPITAL LETTER O WITH STROKE, LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M, LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
> 0MQ  DIGIT ZERO, LATIN CAPITAL LETTER M, LATIN CAPITAL LETTER Q
> zmq
> zeromq

Heh, good question!  The original ØMQ was meant to be cool but in
practice it's hard to write, though it makes a nice logo.  0MQ is a
convenient alternative but on Twitter it's become slang for "OMG".
zmq means nothing outside code land.  ZeroMQ seems most convenient for
most texts.

-Pieter