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Re: Proposal: That the Hippo becomes the official mascot of Cygwin
Buchbinder, Barry (NIH/NIAID) [E] wrote:
> Warren Young wrote on Friday, February 13, 2009 11:27 AM:
>> 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. How do you have a mean-looking hippo
>> that's also attractive? OpenSSH seems to strike a similar balance with
>> their puffer fish mascot, but then, the connection between security and
>> puffer fishes is obvious.
>
> Here are the oldest "Hippo"s in the archives:
> http://sourceware.org/cgi-bin/search.cgi?cmd=Search!&fmt=long&form=extended&GroupBySite=no&m=all&np=15&ps=50&q=hippo&s=DRP&sp=1&sy=1&type=&ul=/ml/cygwin%25&wf=2221&wm=wrd
> (I remember "hippo" being a pun on "hypocrite", but I cannot find evidence
> for that.)
Nah, it all started because they're related to whales.
http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-talk/2005-q2/msg00073.html
http://sourceware.org/ml/cygwin-talk/2005-q2/msg00075.html
... then it got silly.
cheers,
DaveK