On 12/15/01 20:31, "Kevin A. Burton - burtonator" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What is the deal with that Tomcat logo? > I know it is from the old Tomcat product even while it is back at SUN. Bzzzt. Wrong answer. The logo was paid for by Sun, but happened after the Tomcat source code was dropped to the public. (though not by much -- it was a process that was all over the map -- we started the process before the code drop, but after the announcement if I remember right). We explicitly snuck it past all the rules and regulations dealing with Sun logos by having an outside consultant hire another outside consultant to do it. This little sneak was one of many blatant end runs around beauracracy that was performed in the process of getting Tomcat out the door. Whole vast parts of Sun hated us for doing what we did. Oh well, I don't loose sleep over it. > Who was the artist? Very cool that this was snuck past SUN marketing. It was a collaborative design between myself and the two outside consultants. There were several designs proposed, none of which I liked. Most were cartoony pictures of cats leaning against motorcycles. Being a fan of abstractionism, I pushed for something like what you see today. I mean one of the cartoon cats was smoking a cigarette. Sheesh. > I mean it is a 2D picture correct? Why does the kat have 3 legs? A 2d representation of a 3d object will not always show all of its parts (legs that is). Even more so since this is a modernist interpretation of said 3d object. One of the first drafts didn't have the third leg and it looked rather funny. Like a picture of how kids will draw horses running instead of how horses really look when you take a photograph of them. > The point is that the 3rd black leg isn't really a leg.. right? It's a leg. At no point during the design did any of us (2 males and one female) associate the 3rd leg with the implement that you have now associated it with. It was until your post that I saw that for the first time in the almost three years it has been since we did that logo. But now that you point it out.. You sick sick man. :) Even when I gave Tomcat it's name, it didn't have the randy in the gutter interpretation that you are giving it. Anybody who has been to one of my "How Tomcat and Jakarta happened" speeches should be able to tell you why I named it Tomcat. Class? Come on. I'm not telling all the secrets in one email. :) |* x180:james duncan davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *| |* http://www.x180.net/ !try; do() *| -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
