The Owl is usually a symbol of wisdom, e.g. the wise owl. Maven embodies the collective wisdom of how to build software
Hence why I did #5 On 9 January 2014 15:51, Mark H. Wood <mw...@iupui.edu> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 09, 2014 at 09:32:54AM -0600, Curtis Rueden wrote: > > All of the logos are OK, but none of them really symbolize anything in > > particular about Maven. IMO the best logos encapsulate the purpose of the > > project somehow, either overtly, covertly or both. > > Good point. I was associating with the name "Maven", looking for a > symbol of in-depth understanding of a specialized field. > > http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maven > > So, what does Maven do? It passes unique source and object code > inputs through a standardized process, guided by an expression of the > relationships among those inputs, to assemble a well-specified > configuration of runnable code. What does that look like? > > -- > Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer mw...@iupui.edu > Machines should not be friendly. Machines should be obedient. >
