On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 11:55, Jason van Zyl wrote: > On Sat, 2003-11-29 at 12:31, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > > "Sander Striker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > And to clarify: Native American Indian tribe names are inappropiate. > > > > Given the name "Apache" .. this is an inconsistent statement. Is this > > (a new) political correctness thing or some policy? > > Bingo. > > > I'm obviously not native American, but if I were I'd personally be > > happy to have a major project like Apache Geronimo be named after him. > > In fact, it feels rather apropos given the David vs. Goliath scenarios > > involved! > > Geronimo was an Apache was he not? So it definitley seems odd that we > can name our whole organization after the people of Geronimo but not > Geronimo himself (yes, I know the name came from "a patchy server, but > that's not obvious to anyone most of the time).
You're forgetting the etymology of the name "Apache". It came about because the original version of httpd was a set of patches to the NCSA httpd server. Thus came "A patchy webserver", and consequently "Apache". This word is already controversial enough... releasing a product named "Geronimo" would be the equivalent of pouring jet fuel onto a fire that we've managed to dampen to a smolder. Those of you who know me understand that I'm *anything* but politically correct... my vote here is based on what I think is best for the ASF, not necessarily what I think is best for me. -Fitz --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
