<troll flame="true"> i'm also new to this apache approach to doing things, and quite frankly i'm amazed anything ever gets done. so much time and effort wasted on this idiotic discussion on whether Geronimo would like his name used this way? talk about political correctness run amok! i've got news for you: IT'S JUST A NAME! GERONIMO'S DEAD; HE DOES NOT CARE WHAT NAME YOU USE! GET A LIFE AND GET SOME ACTUAL WORK DONE! do not clutter my inbox with useless drivel like what Geronimo would have wanted.
i'm sure i'm angering people when i say that this discussion is not just stupid, but moronic. but to be perfectly honest, if you're the type of person who thinks this topic is important enough to waste all this time on, i really don't care if i anger you or not, because you probably don't matter. i (like everyone, i'm sure) consider myself to be an above-average programmer. i have my fingerprints on many projects (do a google search on my name), and i really wanted to help on this one. but i have never, ever seen a project so utterly without direction (of its rank-and-file members) as this one. to the leadership of this project: shame on you! whenever you have forums degenerate into such a mess, where so much time is wasted over something so trivial and there is such a profound resistance to anything but the status quo, it is always because the project lacks clear, effective, leadership and the members are basically jockeying for position in the meritocracy. i am sure you (the leadership) are very talented programmers, but this is a project of very large scope and you cannot hope to do everything that needs to be done yourselves. i don't care where you get it from, but you had better come up with some large-team management skills in a hurry. this project is young, but it already has become a frozen, mozilla-like quagmire. </troll> On Mon, 2003-12-22 at 01:42, Ralph Harnden wrote: > This group is ridiculous. I am unsubscribing.... > > Greg Wilkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Tim Anderson wrote: > > If this project can get written permission from Geronimo's > descendents > > or his custodians, then by all means use the name Geronimo. > > If not, find another name. > > Tim, > > I don't think permission is needed to reuse a name. > > There a probably millions of people out there called Jesus. > Babies are named all the time after famous people. > I know cats called Albert Einstein. > David Beckams first child was named after a bridge in new york > I'm named after 3 popes and I'm not even catholic. > > > cheers > -- Alvin Thompson Navy: 34 Army: 6
