Re: Proposal: That the Hippo becomes the official mascot of Cygwin

[Dave Korn <dave dot korn dot cygwin at googlemail dot com>]

Warren Young wrote:
> zzapper wrote:
>> I guess I'm not the first to suggest this, but Perl has got the Camel,
>> GNU's got the .. drat I can't remember. Might help
>> popularise/publicise Cygwin
> 
> I think we're just waiting on someone to come up with a graphic that
> either wins widespread acceptance, or favor from the Co-Maintainers.
> 
> It's a difficult challenge.  The reason for picking hippos is that
> they're mean, because WJM here.

  'sfunny, I thought it was because they were big and lumbering with a huge
unwieldy back-end ....    ;-)

>  How do you have a mean-looking hippo that's also attractive?  

  Put lipstick on it?

> OpenSSH seems to strike a similar balance with
> their puffer fish mascot, but then, the connection between security and
> puffer fishes is obvious.

  SSH, like Fugu, is a welcome and tasty treat, but, also like Fugu, there are
probably a couple of seriously poisonous bits somewhere deep down there in the
innards?

    cheers,
      DaveK