[advocacy-discuss] Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Logo/Mascot for OpenSolaris

[Anil Gulecha]

I think a cute porcupine would be great.. I can draw one if required?

I can only imagine that marketing fols will have a great time with
these, what with the shooting quills and all...

Anil

On 6/23/07, Dennis Clarke <dclarke at blastwave.org> wrote:
>
> > Agree 100%. We have what they call a "word mark" -- which is the
> > orange/blue "OpenSolaris" but it would be nice to have some sort of logo
> > to go along with that. Some graphical element.
> >
> > I always liked the polar bear.
>
>   Polar Bear : Ursus maritimus
>
>   The polar bear is the most carnivorous member of the bear family, and
>   the one that is most likely to prey on humans as food. It feeds mainly
>   on seals, especially ringed seals that poke holes in the ice to breathe,
>   but will eat anything it can kill: birds, rodents, shellfish, crabs,
>   beluga whales, young walruses, occasionally musk oxen or reindeer, and
>   very occasionally other polar bears.
>
>
>   That seems appropriate.  A mascot that will attack and eat its own kind.
>
>
>   Well, it can be made cute and white as a teddy bear or a really scary
>   nasty mascot that kills everything it sees,
>
>   That also seems appropriate.
>
>   I can only think of a one other animal at the moment.  The mouse.  The
> plain old house mouse with cute ears and it can get into anywhere.  Often
> seen as a pest.  Sometimes used in laboratories.  Can be a pet.  Sort of
> diversified. It is very quiet unless it needs to burrow through a wall.
>
>   I'm just thinking by way of my keyboard here.
>
> Dennis
>
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