On Mon, 2004-02-23 at 23:18, Kermit Jones wrote:
I'm not trying to be rude or offensive or anything, and I'm all for
heritage, but it seems that tux is a bit more universal. I love eating
a kobold as much as the next @, even if it is somtimes poisioned and
makes me sit. But Tux is tux. Unique mascots are great, but Add a grad
cap, blackboard in the background, teacher's pointer stick and sit him
on a book and you have a Tux that says "Linux" and props that say
"Education."
It's the trivial choice, and would be recognised globally.
A Kobold doesn't mean much to people outside of Europe.
Not many will "get it."
...outside Europe. But Europe is where Skolelinux arose,
and that heritage will most likely show off. Localisation
was Skolelinux' primary reason to exist. A "global" image
may be a little hard to localise properly.
Now don't get me wrong, I think Skole is great. I'm even considering
registering www.SchoolLinux.org for American complimentary site for
the sake of unification and the similar goals.
So far, "Skolelinux" has worked nicely because the spelling
is recognisable. Some think we should leave it at that, and
make it a trademark with logo and all. Keeping _one_ spelling
would make it clear that it is _one_ project.
On the other hand, with reasonably flexible logo design,
localising the name and logo should be doable. The Finns
have translated it.
But I'm also trying to look way down the road. Take this to the
world, so to speak. "Teacher Tux" just seems a bit better.
For global recognition, yes. But maybe we're better served
having well accepted regional mascots. The mascots may need
som l10n, too.