On 8/10/05, Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On August 10, 2005 05:57, Inhabitant of Zion wrote: > > Hi > > > > I like it. > > > > However I have to admit I don't understand the whole penguin thing > > myself. it only made sense to me when it was called Mandrake which was > > after all a penguin :-) > > > > Sits back and waits to see if what happens is something akin to war of > > the worlds... > > I could be wrong, but I think the penguin originally came from O'Reilly > books. It seems whenever they start a new series on a language/os/whatever, > they assign it a mascot, and use it on the cover of every book in the series. > I don't know how they pick the animals. > > --
what i've always read was the penguin was selected by Linus because he saw one and decided he liked them as the mascot.
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