diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index a07e7ec..e738d3d 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ src_backend_libbackend_la_SOURCES = \
 		src/backend/policy_manager.cc \
 		src/backend/policy_parameters.cc \
 		src/backend/process.cc \
-		src/backend/schedulable.cc \
+		src/backend/static_schedulable.cc \
 		src/backend/schedulable_queue.cc \
 		src/backend/schedulable_status.cc \
 		src/backend/scheduler.cc \
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ pkginclude_HEADERS = \
 		src/backend/policy_manager.hh \
 		src/backend/policy_parameters.hh \
 		src/backend/process.hh \
-		src/backend/schedulable.hh \
+		src/backend/static_schedulable.hh \
 		src/backend/schedulable_queue.hh \
 		src/backend/schedulable_status.hh \
 		src/backend/scheduler.hh \
diff --git a/plugins/pyloader/src/sgpem.i b/plugins/pyloader/src/sgpem.i
index 7c2d203..109256a 100644
--- a/plugins/pyloader/src/sgpem.i
+++ b/plugins/pyloader/src/sgpem.i
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 %{
 #include "policy.hh"
 #include "policy_parameters.hh"
-#include "schedulable.hh"
+#include "static_schedulable.hh"
 #include "schedulable_queue.hh"
 #include "schedulable_status.hh"
 #include "scheduler.hh"
@@ -130,21 +130,21 @@ namespace sgpem {
     }; //~ class PolicyParameters
   	
     // --------------------------------------------
-    class Schedulable
+    class StaticSchedulable
     {
     public:
-	virtual ~Schedulable() = 0;
+	virtual ~StaticSchedulable() = 0;
 
 	virtual unsigned int get_arrival_time()  const;
 	int get_priority() const;
 	unsigned int get_total_cpu_time() const;
 	
-	%ignore Schedulable::get_name() const;
+	%ignore StaticSchedulable::get_name() const;
 	%extend {
 	    const char* get_name() const 
 	      { return self->get_name().c_str(); }
 	}
-    }; //~ class Schedulable
+    }; //~ class StaticSchedulable
 
 
     // --------------------------------------------
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace sgpem {
 	int         get_cpu_time_left() const;
 	int         get_last_scheduled() const;
 	state       get_state() const;
-	const       sgpem::Schedulable* get_schedulable() const;
+	const       sgpem::StaticSchedulable* get_schedulable() const;
     };
 
     // ---------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/backend/process.cc b/src/backend/process.cc
index 78324d7..1969208 100644
--- a/src/backend/process.cc
+++ b/src/backend/process.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ using namespace sgpem;
 
 
 Process::Process(const Glib::ustring& name, const unsigned int& arrival, const unsigned int& total, const int& priority)
-  : Schedulable(name, arrival, total, priority)
+  : StaticSchedulable(name, arrival, total, priority)
 {	
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/process.hh b/src/backend/process.hh
index 14cab54..b4d8ed2 100644
--- a/src/backend/process.hh
+++ b/src/backend/process.hh
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 #include "gettext.h"
 #include "glibmm/ustring.h"
 
-#include "schedulable.hh"
+#include "static_schedulable.hh"
 
 namespace sgpem
 {
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ namespace sgpem
   
       It IS a Schedulable object.
   */
-  class SG_DLLEXPORT Process : public Schedulable 
+  class SG_DLLEXPORT Process : public StaticSchedulable 
   {
   public:
     /** \brief Creates a new object with the given parameters. */
diff --git a/src/backend/schedulable_status.cc b/src/backend/schedulable_status.cc
index 831304c..2d25117 100644
--- a/src/backend/schedulable_status.cc
+++ b/src/backend/schedulable_status.cc
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 using namespace sgpem;
 using namespace std;
 
-SchedulableStatus::SchedulableStatus(const Schedulable& obj) :
+SchedulableStatus::SchedulableStatus(const StaticSchedulable& obj) :
   _ref(&obj), _last(-1), _time_left(obj.get_total_cpu_time()),
   _my_state(state_future)
 {
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ SchedulableStatus::set_state(state s)
   _my_state = s;
 }
 
-const Schedulable*
+const StaticSchedulable*
 SchedulableStatus::get_schedulable() const
 {
   return _ref;
diff --git a/src/backend/schedulable_status.hh b/src/backend/schedulable_status.hh
index d24e6db..6a10341 100644
--- a/src/backend/schedulable_status.hh
+++ b/src/backend/schedulable_status.hh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #define SCHEDULABLESTATUS_HH 1
 
 #include "config.h"
-#include "schedulable.hh"
+#include "static_schedulable.hh"
 
 namespace sgpem
 {
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ namespace sgpem
     };
 
     /** \brief Object constructor */
-    SchedulableStatus(const Schedulable& obj);
+    SchedulableStatus(const StaticSchedulable& obj);
 
     //SchedulableStatus(const SchedulableStatus& obj);	//copy constructor
 
@@ -94,10 +94,10 @@ namespace sgpem
      * This function returns a pointer to the actual schedable object
      * represented, along with its status, by this instance.
      */
-    const Schedulable* get_schedulable() const;
+    const StaticSchedulable* get_schedulable() const;
 
   private:
-    const Schedulable* _ref;
+    const StaticSchedulable* _ref;
     int _last;
     int _time_left;
     state _my_state;
diff --git a/src/backend/schedulable.cc b/src/backend/static_schedulable.cc
similarity index 75%
rename from src/backend/schedulable.cc
rename to src/backend/static_schedulable.cc
index c10737c..7cf13c5 100644
--- a/src/backend/schedulable.cc
+++ b/src/backend/static_schedulable.cc
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// src/backend/schedulable.cc - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
+// src/backend/static_schedulable.cc - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
 //               of Padova, dept. of Pure and Applied
 //               Mathematics
 //
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 // along with SGPEMv2; if not, write to the Free Software
 // Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 
-#include "schedulable.hh"
+#include "static_schedulable.hh"
 
 using namespace sgpem;
 
-Schedulable::Schedulable(const Glib::ustring& name,
+StaticSchedulable::StaticSchedulable(const Glib::ustring& name,
 			 const unsigned int& arrival,
 			 const unsigned int& total,
 			 const int& priority) :
@@ -30,32 +30,32 @@ Schedulable::Schedulable(const Glib::ustring& name,
 {
 }
 
-Schedulable::~Schedulable()
+StaticSchedulable::~StaticSchedulable()
 {
 }
 
 unsigned int
-Schedulable::get_arrival_time() const
+StaticSchedulable::get_arrival_time() const
 {
   return _arrival_time;
 }
 
 
 unsigned int
-Schedulable::get_total_cpu_time() const
+StaticSchedulable::get_total_cpu_time() const
 {
   return _total_time;
 }
 
 
 int
-Schedulable::get_priority() const
+StaticSchedulable::get_priority() const
 {
   return _priority;
 }
 
 Glib::ustring
-Schedulable::get_name() const
+StaticSchedulable::get_name() const
 {
   return _name;
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/schedulable.hh b/src/backend/static_schedulable.hh
similarity index 89%
rename from src/backend/schedulable.hh
rename to src/backend/static_schedulable.hh
index 4564fb2..bc5fbe3 100644
--- a/src/backend/schedulable.hh
+++ b/src/backend/static_schedulable.hh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// src/backend/schedulable.hh - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
+// src/backend/static_schedulable.hh - Copyright 2005, 2006, University
 //               of Padova, dept. of Pure and Applied
 //               Mathematics
 //
@@ -18,15 +18,15 @@
 // along with SGPEMv2; if not, write to the Free Software
 // Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA
 
-#ifndef SCHEDULABLE_HH
-#define SCHEDULABLE_HH 1
+#ifndef STATIC_SCHEDULABLE_HH
+#define STATIC_SCHEDULABLE_HH 1
 
 #include "config.h"
 #include "glibmm/ustring.h"
 
 namespace sgpem
 {
-  class Schedulable;
+  class StaticSchedulable;
 
   /** \brief An entity that can use the processor
    *
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ namespace sgpem
    *
    * \see SchedulableStatus
    */
-  class SG_DLLEXPORT Schedulable
+  class SG_DLLEXPORT StaticSchedulable
   {
   public:
     /** \brief Create a new object with the given parameters */
-    Schedulable(const Glib::ustring& name, const unsigned int& arrival,
+    StaticSchedulable(const Glib::ustring& name, const unsigned int& arrival,
                 const unsigned int& total, const int& priority);
-    virtual ~Schedulable();
+    virtual ~StaticSchedulable();
 
     /** \brief Returns the arrival time for this process
      *
diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index 058a75b..4e98b60 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 #include "templates/smartp.hh"
 #include "backend/history.hh"
-#include "backend/schedulable.hh"
+#include "backend/static_schedulable.hh"
 #include "backend/schedulable_queue.hh"
 #include "backend/schedulable_status.hh"
 #include "backend/slice.hh"