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Re:Hiawatha Webserver by mekkkkkk on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:28AM (#28744733)
To me, the naming seems fine. It's a nice sounding word, and as far as I'm aware it's not a slur. You could claim that the context is sketchy (having a Hiawatha serving you sounds bad) but I think that's pushing it.

The cartoon on the other hand is something I'd skip. It's generally a bad idea to promote caricatures like that. A nicer example is the Apache logo which is just a tasteful feather. A good balance between native american theme and abstraction.

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Re:Hiawatha Webserver by Lammy on Monday October 04, 2021 @07:26PM (#28753688)
Not disagreeing about tastefulness but I think the cartoon may also be a Disney reference given the visual similarity: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Hiawatha
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Re:Hiawatha Webserver by CRConrad on Thursday October 07, 2021 @05:15PM (#28792204)
In Sweden, the Donald Duck comic magazine had Little Hiawatha comics throughout at least the 1970s, and probably long both before and after.
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Re:Hiawatha Webserver by mekkkkkk on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @03:47AM (#28756532)
Sounds plausible. Didn't know about that Disney cartoon, but it seems like it's aged like a bottle of fine milk.
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