User blog comment:TOR/MediaWiki Upgrade/@comment-4674838-20120613020856


 * "We call this new system Medusa, because… well, it was supposed to be called Hydra (multiple code version are like the many heads of the hydra), but someone confused the two monsters and the name stuck. Besides, Medusa has many serpents on her head, that kind of works, too, right?"

I would have stuck with Hydra, that way you don't lose to your own codebase in a staring contest.