This one time, at band camp, Richard Monson-Haefel said:
RM>Please add this to the wiki, maybe under "Why Geronimo?". Its excellent!
*Extremely* well said, Norm. I completely agree, Richard. Your wish
is my command:
http://nagoya.apache.org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ApacheJ2EE/WhyGeronimo
RM>On 8/14/03 6:19 PM, "n. alex rupp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
RM>
RM>> My word is by no means official around here, but the name is and should
RM>> remain Apache Geronimo. I'll tell you five good reasons why.
RM>>
RM>> 1. It's got amazing traction in the press. Brand recognition is an
RM>> IMMENSELY important advantage in this market. If you can get 100,000
people
RM>> to whisper your name that's a big deal. When people remember it, that's
RM>> even bigger. I spent years in the media industry and I can tell you what's
RM>> happened in the first two weeks of Geronimo is very special. Throwing that
RM>> traction away would be stupid.
RM>>
RM>> 2. This project and this server will be a place of public accomodation
used
RM>> by people from all around the world. Everyone from members of powerful
RM>> corporations and governments to tiny villages in Honduras will be able to
RM>> use it to build web applications for FREE. Naming it in honor of Geronimo
RM>> is the equivalent of naming an international airport after John F. Kennedy,
RM>> Ronald Reagan or Cesar Vallejo. It is a mark of our highest respect.
RM>>
RM>> 3. I don't associate his name with jumping out of an airplane or suicide.
RM>> Anyone who does might consider spending less time in front of the
television
RM>> and take up gardening, yoga or base jumping.
RM>>
RM>> 4. Pointy-haired bosses who don't see the business sense in Open Source
are
RM>> most likely not the future business leaders of the software industry, and
RM>> we're not sycophantic toadies who live to serve them. If they're concerned
RM>> about the name of their software because of it rings of a bad war movie or
RM>> because it might impact on the appearance of their business, we probably
RM>> can't help them anyway. If they're looking for the Vole, they know where
to
RM>> find it.
RM>>
RM>> 5. The name is reported to have been democratically chosen by a majority
of
RM>> the initial project members after 2 weeks of discussion.
RM>>
RM>> Those are all the reasons I need.
RM>>
RM>> So please, take all of your names and save them. Most of them are
RM>> fantastic. There will be other projects for them and if not, you can
always
RM>> adopt. I'm not a committing member of this project and I can't speak
RM>> officially but I know a good thing when I see one, so I give Geronimo a big
RM>> warm fat +1.
RM>>
RM>> MOAMOATAC.
RM>> --
RM>> N. Alex Rupp ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
RM>>
RM>>
RM>
RM>--
RM>Richard Monson-Haefel
RM>Co-Founder\Developer, Apache Geronimo
RM>Author of:
RM> J2EE Web Services (AW 2003)
RM> Enterprise JavaBeans, 4ed (O'Reilly 2004)
RM> Java Message Service (O'Reilly 2000)
RM>http://www.Monson-Haefel.com
RM>
Bruce
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http://incubator.apache.org/projects/geronimo.html
