Marc G. Fournier writes:
> On Wed, 3 Jun 1998, David Gould wrote:
> > Hmmm, I have an idea, what about a Penguin?
>
> Damn linux fanatics :)
>
> We want "product identification"...the Penguin is what Linux is
> identified with, and, as we *all* know, the last thing I would want to be
> identified with :)
Off topic, but this is too good, so I am going to share anyway:
For background, the official Linux logo is a drawing of a rather plump
and distinctly non-threatening penguin known as 'Tux'.
-dg
Forwarded message:
> Subject: Re: Q: Why a penguin?
> From: C. Chan <cchan@surya.bsd.uchicago.edu>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc
>
> Clive Clomsbarrow <xxx@xxx.org> wrote:
> >
> >Apparently Linus is person to blame for adopting
> >the stupid-looking thing. I guess he thought a
> >penguin would be cool (literally and figuratively).
> >I guess he deserves to get his way, even if it is
> >a demonstrable fact that marketing and engineering
> >are incompatible specialties.
> >
>
> A penguin is OK, though I'd prefer the N. hemisphere
> puffin.
>
> I think it needs more attitude though, the mascot
> looks too tame sitting on its fat duff. To really
> appeal to Americans, the penguin should have a hot
> pink mohawk, mirrorshades, an ammo belt draped about
> its shoulders, an Uzi tucked under one wing...
>
> ...and the severed head of Bill Gates under the other.
>
> --
-dg
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