Howdy, James Duncan Davidson, the first tomcat developer, came up with it thinking of the animal tomcat which is excellent at taking care of and fending for itself, a highly self-sufficient creature. (This was in the very early stages of J2EE in general, remember).
Yoav Shapira Millennium ChemInformatics >-----Original Message----- >From: Yansheng Lin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 10:36 AM >To: 'Tomcat Users List' >Subject: [ot] why tomcat is called tomcat? > > >Is it Friday yet? > >Being working with tomcat for such a long time; wondered about the name >'tomcat' >a few times. Did a search this morning... for 30 seconds. Couldn't find >anything...too many hits. Wonder if anyone hear knows the story. > >-Yan > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This e-mail, including any attachments, is a confidential business communication, and may contain information that is confidential, proprietary and/or privileged. This e-mail is intended only for the individual(s) to whom it is addressed, and may not be saved, copied, printed, disclosed or used by anyone else. If you are not the(an) intended recipient, please immediately delete this e-mail from your computer system and notify the sender. Thank you. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
