On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 08:55:16 -0400 (Subject: Re: Project Naming -Apache Geronimo) Berin Loritsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Adrian Field wrote: > > cultural sensitivity (I think a couple of posts are on the right track with > > contacting Native American organisations to see what their thoughts are on > > this instead of being subjective), > > negative association- suicide in some cultures through history has been > > honourable. > More specifically the rite of hatakili (sp?) that Samarai were allowed to > perform so that they could die honorably. The nature of Geronimo's death > is more consistent with this mindset. "Harakiri", "Samurai"?? What are you talking about?! ;-) Anyway, I think the reason of the objection might be able to be found from here: http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=geronimo+software&btnG=Google+Search&lr= Trademark issue ... (I am still not sure, though) # s/G/J/g might be preferable, FWIW ;-) -- Tetsuya ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
