On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Personally, I think we need a new POM version to drive us forward. > I agree. If no one else gets to it I'll write up something over the holidays to distill what Stephen has written and try and formalize some minimal requirements and desires. > As a visual goes, I'd look for something like a beaver (who builds > things) wearing geek eye-glasses (indicating 'it's a maven'). > For the love of god (if that happens to be your thing) please do not use a beaver. Go ask your closest English speaking North American why that's not a good choice. No one wants to see the maven-beaver-plugin. > > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Stephen Connolly > <stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Tomcat... well they have a cat... fair enough >> >> Hadoop... has an elephant >> >> Hama has a hippo >> >> Solr has a sunrise >> >> Jackrabbit has a rabbit >> >> Chemistry has a test tube >> >> Openoffice has some abstract flying birds on a blue sky >> >> Karaf has a beaker with a feather on top >> >> ODE has a conductor with a feather instead of a batton >> >> Ant has the ant >> >> Flex has some strange abstract flexy thing >> >> Marmotta has a gopher >> >> Hive has an elephant-bee hybrid >> >> ... >> >> There is a limit to how many visually distinct animals you can render for a >> 75px tall image placeholder... >> >> But seriously, we just want something that is more than just our name in a >> fancy font. I think we need a mascot to help drive us onwards... >> >> -Stephen >> >> >> >> On 18 December 2013 13:27, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> A large, not very bright, species of deer that wears giant antlers and >>> attacks what it doesn't understand. If that's what strikes you all as >>> a great metaphor for us, Maven, or both, go right ahead. >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org >>> >>> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl ---------------------------------------------------------
