From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 5216 invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2009 20:53:07 -0000 Received: (qmail 5208 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Feb 2009 20:53:06 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from nihxway2out.hub.nih.gov (HELO nihxway2out.hub.nih.gov) (128.231.90.110) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:53:00 +0000 X-IronPortListener: Outbound_SMTP Received: from nihcessmtp2.hub.nih.gov ([128.231.90.116]) by nihxway2out.hub.nih.gov with ESMTP; 13 Feb 2009 15:51:30 -0500 Received: from NIHHT01.nih.gov ([156.40.71.20]) by NIHCESSMTP2.hub.nih.gov with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:51:25 -0500 Received: from NIHMLBX02.nih.gov ([156.40.71.32]) by NIHHT01.nih.gov ([156.40.71.20]) with mapi; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 15:51:25 -0500 From: "Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E]" To: 'The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List' Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:53:00 -0000 Subject: RE: Proposal: That the Hippo becomes the official mascot of Cygwin Message-ID: <0105D5C1E0353146B1B222348B0411A2182F4E3C@NIHMLBX02.nih.gov> References: <49959F46.1020807@etr-usa.com> In-Reply-To: <49959F46.1020807@etr-usa.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-talk-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-talk-owner@cygwin.com Reply-To: The Vulgar and Unprofessional Cygwin-Talk List X-SW-Source: 2009-q1/txt/msg00017.txt.bz2 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=3DSearch!&fmt=3Dlong&form=3Dextended&GroupBySite=3Dno&m=3Da= ll&np=3D15&ps=3D50&q=3Dhippo&s=3DDRP&sp=3D1&sy=3D1&type=3D&ul=3D/ml/cygwin%= 25&wf=3D2221&wm=3Dwrd (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=3DSearch!&fmt=3Dlong= &form=3Dextended&GroupBySite=3Dno&m=3Dall&ps=3D50&q=3Dcygnet&sp=3D1&sy=3D1&= type=3D&ul=3D/ml/cygwin%25&wf=3D2221&wm=3Dwrd&s=3DDRP