I couldn't have said it better myself. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Letifov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 19, 2003 1:04 PM Subject: Re: Why I am opposed to retaining the name Geronimo, and whi I consider this VOTE to be biased.
> Hello, > > For me being a Russian resident of Netherlands the concerns linked to > native american origin of name "Geronimo" should probably seem to be > really irrelevant. Fortunately they are not. > > I do know who Geronimo was, and "jumping of a cliff" has the least > priority in all the information that is associated with the name. First > things that come to mind are "Indian warrior" and "hero", "chief" as a > second. And as it was correctly pointed out freedom is what he was > fighting for. > > Consider it a tribute to the hero. A gesture of respect. Let this > server be a proud warrior on the plains of cold corparate monsters like > "WebSphere", "WebLogic" or (sorry) JBoss. > > In this sense I have always liked the java page of gnu.org that says: > "Let's not forget that Java is also the name of the most populous > island in Indonesia, which contains the capital Jakarta and dominates > the other islands." > > Ed Letifov >
