Re: [alliance] mascot

[Daniel Arbuckle <djarb@wvc-omak.ctc.edu>]

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Ramon van Handel wrote:
> Stefano Costa wrote:
> > but I was trained to "serious" painting, not kinda stuff.....
> > As animal, I think that from a symbolic point of view, the chamaleon is exactly
> > what we want.
> > So, I propose officially the chamaleon as our mascot.
> > Other ideas?
> 
> I think a mascot should be something cute.  I can't imagine a
> very cute chamaleon, though I may be wrong...

I can, but it doesn't matter. The chamaleon is the mascot of SuSE Linux.

> How about a cute little snake ?  Drawn manga-style, probably sorta like
> the KDE mascot in design.  Snakes can change their skins, so that's
> just as applicable :)
> 
> Another idea would be a bee, they can cooperate well in groups,
> sorta like a distributed system.  Or a fox, for the same reason...

I like the idea of a fox. Drawn in the anthropomorphized 'furry' style,
probably.

We could use an ant, for the same reasons that a bee would work.

Or a velociraptor. Works well in packs, can be menacing or cute depending
on how it's drawn.

A robot, because it's made from many pieces, but together they make a
single entity.

A gerbil, just because I like gerbils. After all, a dragon doesn't have
anything to do with UIs, nor does a penguin have anything to do with
kernels.

Daniel

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