From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 4098 invoked by alias); 13 Feb 2009 20:51:49 -0000 Received: (qmail 4089 invoked by uid 22791); 13 Feb 2009 20:51:49 -0000 X-SWARE-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com (HELO ey-out-1920.google.com) (74.125.78.145) by sourceware.org (qpsmtpd/0.43rc1) with ESMTP; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:51:44 +0000 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 26so106524eyw.20 for ; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:51:41 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.210.117.1 with SMTP id p1mr1911608ebc.107.1234558301956; Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:51:41 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?82.6.108.62? (cpc2-cmbg8-0-0-cust61.cmbg.cable.ntl.com [82.6.108.62]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u14sm5272082gvf.31.2009.02.13.12.51.41 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Fri, 13 Feb 2009 12:51:41 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4995DF70.3060209@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 20:51:00 -0000 From: Dave Korn User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: The Vulgar and Unprofessionally-Prepared Cygwin-Talk List Subject: Re: Proposal: That the Hippo becomes the official mascot of Cygwin 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: 7bit 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/msg00016.txt.bz2 Warren Young wrote: > 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. 'sfunny, I thought it was because they were big and lumbering with a huge unwieldy back-end .... ;-) > How do you have a mean-looking hippo that's also attractive? Put lipstick on it? > OpenSSH seems to strike a similar balance with > their puffer fish mascot, but then, the connection between security and > puffer fishes is obvious. SSH, like Fugu, is a welcome and tasty treat, but, also like Fugu, there are probably a couple of seriously poisonous bits somewhere deep down there in the innards? cheers, DaveK