Python is a friendly name, like Mickey Mouse. If you saw a real mouse (or worse, a rat), you wouldn't likely fall in love with it; but Mickey is about as good a marketing icon as any in history.
Python also has staying power. Snakes may be scary and even dangerous, but they get respect; think about the symbol for medical science. A friendly snake is a good snake, and the Python logo snake is very friendly. In fact, If there's one word I would suggest as a slogan for Python, it's "friendly". Python is friendly for Linux users, friendly for Mac OS X users, friendly for Windows users, friendly to JVM users, and handheld users; friendly for web server programmers, client-side GUI programmers, etc. Python has a friendly community, is friendly to experts, and friendly to newbies. Heck, we're even friendly to other programming language communities ;-))) Ron Stephens Python411 www.awaretek.com/python/index.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
