The feather doesn't have enough rainbow colors in it. :-)
The feather doesn't have enough rainbow colors in it. :-)
A number of explanations for the origin of the Apache name have been offered over the years.Hmmmm. Looks like they've been getting woke for a while...From the inception of the Apache project in 1995 the official documentation stated:[15][16]
Apache is a cute name which stuck. It was based on some existing code and a series of software patches, a pun on “A PAtCHy” server.In an April 2000 interview, Brian Behlendorf, one of the creators of Apache said:[17]The name literally came out of the blue. I wish I could say that it was something fantastic, but it was out of the blue. I put it on a page and then a few months later when this project started, I pointed people to this page and said: "Hey, what do you think of that idea?" ... Someone said they liked the name and that it was a really good pun. And I was like, "A pun? What do you mean?" He said, "Well, we're building a server out of a bunch of software patches, right? So it's a patchy Web server." I went, "Oh, all right." ... When I thought of the name, no. It just sort of connotated: "Take no prisoners. Be kind of aggressive and kick some ass."Since 2013 the Apache Foundation has explained the origin of the name as:[18]The name 'Apache' was chosen from respect for the various Native American nations collectively referred to as Apache, well-known for their superior skills in warfare strategy and their inexhaustible endurance. It also makes a cute pun on "a patchy web server"—a server made from a series of patches—but this was not its origin. The group of developers who released this new software soon started to call themselves the "Apache Group".