Vote now to name HPE's London boozer

The moment has arrived for you, our beloved readers, to name Hewlett Packard Enterprise's private London drinking club - a members-only establishment in the computer outfit's new HQ at 1 Aldermanbury Square. Here's the building last month, before HPE moved in, and when we spotted a licence application taped to the facade …

[msknight]

And none of mine made it to the cut. Why do I bother?

[Yugguy]

Honourable mention shurely?

I think I should get an honourable mention for the Box and Padding entry as it was my initial comment that inspired it.

[Lester Haines]

Re: Honourable mention shurely?

Done.

[Antonymous Coward]

Re: Honourable mention shurely?

Cheers for including me in the fun! :D

Although I can't help wishing I'd offered..

Bill and Dave's Excellent Alehouse

..or..

Bill and Dave's Bogus Tavern

Ho-hum

Oh, and while I'm making a nuisance of myself... Any signs of movement on the FAA front?

[Lester Haines]

Re: Re: Honourable mention shurely?

You used "movement" and "FAA" in the same sentence. A highly optimistic use of language. So no, no word as yet.

[Antonymous Coward]

Re: Honourable mention shurely?

So I did. Humblest apologies for the obvious oxymoron.

[Yugguy]

Re: Honourable mention shurely?

Wow.

Thank you!

[Lester Haines]

Re: Re: Honourable mention shurely?

You see? We do care really.

[jake]

I still think ...

... "Building Five" is a better option (for historical reasons).

Not that anyone reading this would understand why, alas.

[Yugguy]

Re: I still think ...

Building five what?

[chivo243]

Re: I still think ...

No, Ben Folds Five what?

[jake]

Re: I still think ...

Yugguy wonders "Building five what?"

Back in the day, HP had options on a large bit of property between (roughly) Arastradero Road and Page Mill Road east/west and El Camino Real and what is now Hwy 280 north/south. In Palo Alto, of course.

After building the first four buildings of the HP campus, they decided to not build the fifth as originally envisioned, declaring the property "open-space". It was normal (for this part of California) mixed-oak scrubland; nothing to write home about, but a nice change from "bedroom community", not 15 minutes from anywhere in Palo Alto. For decades, those of us in the area referred to it as "Building Five", and used it as parkland with HP's blessing. Today, a large portion of that parcel is used by the supposedly-green Tesla as office space.

I just think it would be fitting to memorialize the old "Building Five". Not that anybody at the existing HP (and sad, tired spin-offs) ever met Bill or Dave, of course ...

As a side-note, the next building was "Building Six", and so-on.

[Will Godfrey]

Rats

I never saw the original query on this otherwise I'd have suggested.

Yet

Another

Pub

As meaningful and significant as... what's the name of the company again?

[Dazed and Confused]

The beer bust ?

and hopefully not the gone bust

[Anonymous Coward]

its should be called 'The Garage' nothing else counts.

I feel a fitting tribute and perhaps the last remaining piece of the 'old HP' to hold onto

[Stoneshop]

Re: its should be called 'The Garage' nothing else counts.

It should not. HPE has forsaken the spirit of the Garage.

[Anonymous Coward]

Strictly speaking, The DrinkJet should be disqualified; HPE don't do printers...

[Anonymous Coward]

You mean it would sort of imply the whole expensive restructuring exercise was a complete waste of time and money ? You're right, totally inappropriate.

[Unep Eurobats]

Hard to choose

Some fine options there. Went for the DrinkJet as it suggests spouting fountains of ale. Hooray!

[chivo243]

Re: Hard to choose

Title should read Hurd to choose? yes, it's already Thursday and that's my coat...

[Doctor Syntax]

I'm sorry to find that both of what I considered the best two suggestions are AWOL: The Offshore Inn and The Jolly Coda.

[Anonymous Coward]

During my time the Standards of Business Conduct forbade possession or consumption of alcohol on any HP premises. Obviously one rule for high falutin' sales types and another for the rest.....

[disgruntled yank]

Over Here

If they opened one in the US it could be the H1 Beestro. No opinions on London, though.

[Primus Secundus Tertius]

Tie Breaker

If the final decision from the A-list is too difficult, how about "The Temporary Sign". Yes, I did once see a place so named.

[Oengus]

The Drinkjet

I stagger to think what a pint would cost if they charged beer at the same rate per ml they charge for ink.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: The Drinkjet

The Pirates' Innk

:o(

[Onga]

I wonder if they will have very short bar staff. Micro-servers.

[Stoneshop]

Bar staff

Still, they'd likely be more helpful than rackmount servers.

[PeterFV]

The Bug and Virus

The Bug and Virus

[Stoneshop]

Whatever the result

The sign, A4-sized or thereabouts, and with a green rectangular frame, should be presented in a ginormous box filled with a BEEEEELION styrofoam chips.

This to align the synergy of El Reg and HPE or whatever.