How on earth is Geronimo politically incorrect? The Apache project honors a great people. Geronimo honors one of their great leaders. If you want to understand why Geronimo was a great man, read about him. I think once you do you'll change your mind.
Andy Barnett wrote: > What do you mean "also politically incorrect"? Is naming a project after > something you yell when you jump out of a plane politically incorrect?? > > As for the origin of yelling "Geronimooo!" when jumping from a plane, > see this: > > http://phrases.shu.ac.uk/bulletin_board/2/messages/175.html > > Personally, I think it is a very appropriate name in that context. > > I think someone mentioned the potential difficulties with Manger-types > not liking the name. Frankly, I cringe every time I have to pronounce > "Xerces" and "Xalan" when I explain what XML technologies my software > utilizes, so "Geronimo" is no more out-there than some other things I > use everyday. > > On the other hand, "Apache Geronimo", while actually historically > accurate (Geronimo really was an Apache indian), it just feels > politically incorrect from a Native American standpoint. > > Cheers, > ~Andy > > On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 10:15, Danny Angus wrote: > > > Isn't Geronimo something you yell when you jump out of a > > > plane? > > > > By which token Banzai! would also be politically incorrect.. ;-) > > > > d. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Richard Monson-Haefel Author of J2EE Web Services (Addison-Wesley 2003) Author of Enterprise JavaBeans, 3rd Edition (O'Reilly 2001) Co-Author of Java Message Service (O'Reilly 2000) http://www.Monson-Haefel.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
