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Re: origins of the Debian logo



On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 18:01 +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> Hi all!
> 
> In the process of completion of my book (http://debianbook.info),
> I have one more question. Unfortunately, I am on a shitty GSM link
> right now and the available (crippled) means of research have not
> been able to produce an answer to the following:
> 
> Where does the Debian Swirl come from?
> What does it try to symbolise?
> 
> Thank you for your help!

A thread recently on d-user (I think) about what font is used in
the logo brought a response which showed the www.debian.org web 
page that declared the winner of the 1999 contest, and gave his
email address.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson, LA USA
PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail.

SpaceShipOne powered flight:
#1 : 17 Dec 2003 - 1497k/h, 20400m, 15 sec thrust burn
#2 : 8 April 2004 - Mach 2, 31500m, 40 sec thrust burn
#3 : 13 May 2004 - Mach 2.5, 63420m, 55 sec thrust burn
#4 : 21 June 20004 - ~2400k/h, 100125m, 70 sec thrust burn
#5 : 29 Sept 2004 - ~2700k/h, 330630ft, 79 sec thrust burn
#5 : 4 Oct 2004 - , 368000ft, 84 sec thrust burn

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