That's interesting context, thank you for sharing! :)
> On Jul 27, 2021, at 8:57 PM, Alan Gates <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 6:30 PM Cat Lee Ball <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I've been wondering and wanted to ask about the Apache Pig mascot:
>>
>> -
>> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/comdev/project-logos/originals/pig.svg
>>
>>
>> In particular:
>>
>> - Does anyone know if there's any history how this mascot came to be?
>> - What is the pig's name? Pronouns?
>> - Who drew the pig?
>> - Is the pig under any particular license?
>>
> Pig was originally developed at Yahoo, and then donated to Apache. As far
> as I recall the logo was drawn by someone in the Yahoo graphic design team
> and donated as part of the original code grant. I have no idea who the
> original artist was.
>
> I don't recall the pig in the logo ever having a name nor any particular
> pronoun being specified.
>
> I believe Apache's general approach on logos is that they are trademarked
> along with the software project name, even if the trademark is not
> registered.
>
>>
>> And more generally,
>>
>> - How was it decided to call this software "Apache Pig"?
>>
> Quoting from O'Reilly's _Programming Pig_ "The story goes that the
> researchers working on the project initially referred to it simply as 'the
> language'. Eventually they needed to call it something. Off the top of
> his head, one researcher suggested Pig, and the name stuck. It is quirky
> yet memorable and easy to spell. While some have hinted that the name
> sounds coy or silly, it has provided us with an entertaining nomenclature,
> such as Pig Latin for the language, Grunt for the shell, and PiggyBank for
> the CPAN-like shared repository."
>
>>
>>
>> I recently added the pig to the Wikipedia list of computing mascots, and
>> was
>> curious to learn more about it.
>>
>> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computing_mascots#P
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cat
>>
>
> Alan.
