MapServer Foundation - Open Letter

[Attila Csipa]

On Monday 28 November 2005 20:07, Chip Taylor wrote:
> I suggest raptors, since they fly high and see lots of terrain.  How about
> Hawk, or Eagle or Osprey?

Besides, if symbolism is important, IMHO I feel MapServer would be more of a 
swallow in the world of birds. It can be found on all five continents and 
although small, is one of the fastest maneuvering birds there is, and has no 
problems flying for thousands of miles (unlike a cheetah which runs out of 
breath after a few hundred yards :). It is a bird that forms local groups and 
knows it's way across both land and sea quite well. Not really a predator 
(although much of the not too conspicuous non-bird fauna found on 
http://www.prometheus.org.yu/gallery2/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=2738 
will beg to differ), much more of a little piece of freedom and joy in the 
blue sky. 

PS. Those who run MapServer on terabyte datasets and powerful servers can 
always refer to african swallows and coconuts.