On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 11:17 AM, Stephen Connolly <[email protected]> wrote: > For Benson... and just to put another one in the hat... > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4.png > > http://people.apache.org/~stephenc/maven-logo-contest/maven-4-big.png > > > On 18 December 2013 15:38, Jason van Zyl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Dec 18, 2013, at 10:20 AM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]> >> 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.
Honi soit qui mal y pense. Look, I don't care about this logo business at all. >> >> > >> > On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:18 AM, Stephen Connolly >> > <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >> 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: [email protected] >> >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >>> >> >>> >> > >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jason >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------- >> Jason van Zyl >> Founder, Apache Maven >> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl >> --------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
