Re: [alliance] mascot

[arh14@cornell.edu]

Hi, I have been lurking on this list for a week or two.  I used to follow 
Freedows.  I'm a programmer, fan and OSs hobbyist (well I play with some 
assembly and make 'Hello World' OSs ;).  If you're talking about mascots, 
I guess I'll put my two cents in.

On Tue, 3 Aug 1999, Daniel Arbuckle wrote:

> 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.

Wasn't that one of the suggested linux mascots?  It was really done well 
too...too bad.  You can probably search the net and come up with it.  In 
any case, there may be some mental impression of that image left.

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

Those would be good to pronounce the 'Alliance' in AllOS.


> 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.

How about a Tribble...ya know from Star Trek fame.  Little furry 
ball-like things.  I guess they don't really work together though.

If this OS is based on CORBA orb objects, what about some sort of play on 
an orb?  Maybe just a shiny metallic orb (maybe like in the movie 
Sphere?) with AllOS accross it?  Or maybe an iridescent orb like the 
Salem cigarette logo.  How about a translucent blueish orb with whispy 
clouds in the middle (think 3D rendering).

Aaron

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