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Apache Quotes

One name, two very different worlds.

These Apache quotes cover two unrelated meanings entirely, starting with a note on how military hardware borrows native naming, including Apache Longbow helicopters alongside Black Hawks and Tomahawk missiles. From there, the topic shifts into software, describing the Apache open-source model as Design by committee.

My natural hair is jet black. I used to have it down to my bum. And I went through a phase of being obsessed with fake tan. So from the age of 14 to 16, I looked like an Apache...

Quotes by Abbey Clancy

We used to play football on the levee, with no shirts on in the summer - August in New Orleans - and my skin would turn red. They'd call me Redskin, Red Apache, then it turned around to Apache Red.

Quotes by Aaron Neville

The reality is, is that the military is full of native nomenclature. That's what we would call it. You've got Black Hawk helicopters, Apache Longbow helicopters. You've got Tomahawk missiles. The term used when you leave a military base in...

Quotes by Winona LaDuke

There are two main methodologies of open source development. There's the Apache model, which is design by committee - great for things like web servers. Then you have the benevolent dictator model. That's what Ubuntu is doing, with Mark Shuttleworth.

Quotes by Matt Mullenweg

Age Quotes

So that's my main role right now and really the politics also includes going out and communicating to the world why Apache is a good thing, why companies should be involved in it, and why individuals should be involved in...

Quotes by Brian Behlendorf

Certainly I get a lot personally out of it as well, there's the recognition and things like that but mostly I try to take that as an opportunity to explain why I hope we could see more projects like Apache...

Quotes by Brian Behlendorf

Frequently Asked Questions

Does "Apache" refer to the same thing in every quote here?
No, one set discusses Apache Longbow helicopters as part of a broader pattern of military hardware using native naming, while others use Apache to mean the open-source software project.
What is the "Apache model" in open-source development?
One quote describes it as design by committee, contrasting it with a benevolent dictator model used by other open-source projects, especially well suited to infrastructure like web servers.
What military equipment gets grouped with the Apache name?
One quote lists Apache Longbow helicopters alongside Black Hawk helicopters and Tomahawk missiles as examples of native naming used across military hardware.
What personal reward comes from working on a project like Apache?
One quote mentions getting real recognition from the work, while treating that recognition as an opportunity to explain why more open-source projects should follow a similar approach.
Why would explaining Apache be described as political?
One quote frames it that way because much of the role involves convincing companies and individuals alike that getting involved is worthwhile.

Other quotes speak from inside that open-source world, describing the personal reward of recognition and the ongoing work of explaining why more projects should follow the Apache model. One frames that explanation as a kind of politics worth Doing.