Interesting associations, to be sure. Since Maven conveys more of the meaning of "Expert", rather than "Builder", there might be a difficulty finding an appropriate animal logo. I'd say just pick a logo which sticks and doesn't make most people react too negatively - and we're there.
2013/12/18 Jason van Zyl <ja...@tesla.io> > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > -- -- +==============================+ | Bästa hälsningar, | [sw. "Best regards"] | | Lennart Jörelid | EAI Architect & Integrator | | jGuru Europe AB | Mölnlycke - Kista | | Email: l...@jguru.se | URL: www.jguru.se | Phone | (skype): jgurueurope | (intl): +46 708 507 603 | (domestic): 0708 - 507 603 +==============================+
