On 28-Jan-99 Chris Waters wrote: > While I'm on the topic of the logo, it occurred to me that it might be > nice to choose a mascot for the Debian project. Some sort of beast that > we can use in the logo and in other Debian-related images. Much as > Linux has its penguin, BSD has its devil, and GNU has its, erm, gnu. > Debian should have its own mascot, IMO, separate from any of these. > > This is just an idea, and I won't be offended if it's rejected. > > Anyway, I just thought that if we picked a mascot, then we could mention > it in the rules for the proposed GIMP contest for a new Debian logo. > > I brought this up on IRC, and got the following suggestions: > > 1. Dragon (well-liked choice on IRC) > 2. Octopus (my own suggestion) > 3. Monkey > 4. Ant > 5. Bee > > Personally, I think octopi are really cute, they're smart (for > invertebrae), and I kind of like the symbolism of many arms working > together as part of a whole, but perhaps I'm a little crazy. :-) If we go with one, I'd go for 2,1 or 5 in that order. I *hate* Monkey's and I step on ants. Bee seems a little... well.. not in the spirit but I could live with it. -- Please cc all mailing list replies to me, also. ========================================================================= * http://benham.net/index.html <>< * * -------------------- * -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- ---------------* * Darren Benham * Version: 3.1 * * <gecko@benham.net> * GCS d+(-) s:+ a29 C++$ UL++>++++ P+++$ L++>++++* * KC7YAQ * E? W+++$ N+(-) o? K- w+++$(--) O M-- V- PS-- * * Debian Developer * PE++ Y++ PGP++ t+ 5 X R+ !tv b++++ DI+++ D++ * * <gecko@debian.org> * G++>G+++ e h+ r* y+ * * -------------------- * ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ ---------------* =========================================================================
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