Re: origins of the Debian logo
On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 01:16:03PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote:
> 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.
>
Just a smokescreen! The Debian log is very obviously a Bass Clef !
Whilst this has appealing connotations, consider:
The Bass Clef was once an 'F'. <da da DAH !>
Is this a sign that the Debian project was already infiltrated by
an advance party of Fedoran fifth-columnists in 1999 ?
Is this a sign of a union in the future ?
All this and more in next week's exciting episode!
On a more serious note, I would encourage you to also consider
the question:
What does it symbolise?
Regards,
Paddy
--
Perl 6 will give you the big knob. -- Larry Wall
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