On Nov 20, 2014 10:42 PM, "Stephen Connolly" < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: < > Java's mascot is called Duke... I don't think Sun trademarked Durk nor have > Oracle (yet... at least to my knowledge)
Do not call for it ;-) I like the owl B (the style reminds me of a certain butler, though :-) ) Regards Mirko > > > > > > Cheers, > > Paul > > > > On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Am 2014-11-20 um 22:20 schrieb Stephen Connolly: > > > > > >> On Thursday, November 20, 2014, Michael Osipov <micha...@apache.org> > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >> Am 2014-11-20 um 21:21 schrieb Michael Osipov: > > >>> > > >>> My opinion on this: > > >>>> > > >>>> I do not like the connection between the owl and the word maven. > > >>>> While the owl stands for wisdom in the Greek culture as on the Greek > > >>>> euro coins, Maven is not of Greek origin. It is cleary of > > Hebrew/Jewish > > >>>> [1] origin. I see no connection here. I would rather see an old and > > wise > > >>>> man. > > >>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>>> Well one advantage the owl has is that there is no obvious gender - > > >> apart > > >> from my unconscious bias referring to it as Mr :-P - whereas the wise > > old > > >> man could be perceived as biased, agest, sexist or belittling to wise > > >> women > > >> (irrespective of age) > > >> > > >> For that reason I think an animal with no obvious gender differences is > > >> probably a better fit > > >> > > > > > > You obviously misunderstood me. I wasn't talking about genders and nor am > > > I tied to a man specifically. The point is, the owl is not rooted in the > > > Jewish culture as is the word/meaning of maven not rooted in the Greek > > one. > > > > > > Moreover, the mascot name might violate trademarks: > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alimentation_Couche-Tard > > > > > > I don't want Apache Maven to be linked to a convenience store from > > Canada. > > > > > > Michael > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > > > > > > > >
