From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" <BBuchbinder@niaid.nih.gov>
To: 'The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List'
<cygwin-talk@cygwin.com>
Subject: RE: Proposal: That the Hippo becomes the official mascot of Cygwin
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:53:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A2182F4E3C@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <49959F46.1020807@etr-usa.com>
Warren Young wrote on Friday, February 13, 2009 11:27 AM:
> zzapper wrote:
>> I guess I'm not the first to suggest this, but Perl has got the
>> Camel, GNU's got the .. drat I can't remember. Might help
>> popularise/publicise Cygwin
>
> I think we're just waiting on someone to come up with a graphic that
> either wins widespread acceptance, or favor from the Co-Maintainers.
>
> It's a difficult challenge. The reason for picking hippos is that
> they're mean, because WJM here. How do you have a mean-looking hippo
> that's also attractive? OpenSSH seems to strike a similar balance
> with their puffer fish mascot, but then, the connection between
> security and puffer fishes is obvious.
Here are the oldest "Hippo"s in the archives: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?cmd=Search!&fmt=long&form=extended&GroupBySite=no&m=all&np=15&ps=50&q=hippo&s=DRP&sp=1&sy=1&type=&ul=/ml/cygwin%25&wf=2221&wm=wrd
(I remember "hippo" being a pun on "hypocrite", but I cannot find evidence for that.)
Before that, the otters were favored, because CGF likes them a lot. http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2002-01/msg00049.html
Personally, I like "cygnet" (a young swan). http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin/2002-12/msg00034.html
See more: http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?cmd=Search!&fmt=long&form=extended&GroupBySite=no&m=all&ps=50&q=cygnet&sp=1&sy=1&type=&ul=/ml/cygwin%25&wf=2221&wm=wrd&s=DRP
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Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-13 14:47 zzapper
2009-02-13 16:27 ` Warren Young
2009-02-13 20:51 ` Dave Korn
2009-02-14 4:01 ` Christopher Faylor
2009-02-14 5:13 ` Dave Korn
2009-02-13 20:53 ` Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] [this message]
2009-02-13 21:08 ` Dave Korn
2009-02-17 14:59 ` zzapper
2009-02-19 18:28 ` Dave Woodfall
2009-02-28 4:41 ` Joe Smith
2009-02-28 9:20 ` Dave Korn
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