seems like a pretty useless answer.
I really dislike the name Geronimo too, but I can't see how it would be insulting. The currently-named geronimo project is so far very positive, active, and cool.
I'm of Icelandic heritage, and would be more than happy to see anything named after a Viking.
:D
On Monday, August 18, 2003, at 10:54 PM, Andrew Oliver wrote:
Hello,
One of the principal concerns I heard about the "Geronimo" name is that it
was insulting to Native Americans. Therefore I contacted the first advocacy
group for Native Americans that I found on the net (googled on Native
American advocacy and clicked around). This was the reply.
-Andy ------ Forwarded Message From: "info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 16:59:20 -0400 To: Andrew Oliver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Use of "Geronimo" as a project name
Andrew Oliver writes:
Dear Sir,
I'd like to solicit your assistance. The Apache Software Foundation is
planning to create an AppServer called "Geronimo". There has been some
debate as to whether this would be offensive to Native Americans. While I
realize its impossible to say how any particular Native American would feel
about the name, I'm hoping you can provide some general feeling as to
whether it would be better to pick another name and/or avoid Native American
mascots for projects in the future.
I appreciate any assistance you can lend or any pointers to the correct
advocacy groups.
Thanks,
Andy
Hello Andy,
My name is Beth Brownfield and I am the Regional coordinator of HONOR at the
new Minneapolis, MN office.
Thank you for your inquiry. HONOR believes it is up to American Indians to
use American Indian names and logos. Thank you for contacting us and for
being sensitive to this issue.
Are you a member of HONOR? Have you seen our brochure on the logo issue.
If you would like I'll send you our new HONOR brochure and the logo
brochure, but will need your mailing address.
Sincerely, Beth Brownfield Regional Coordinator, HONOR
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