He he. I love April 1.
http://www.linux.org/news/LO2005/mascot_20050401.html
Linus Torvalds: "Don't you think its time to get rid of this stupid little bird?"
On an email to the kernel mailing list:
Fellow Kernel contributors,
I'm _totally_ sick of wearing penguin shirts, dressing up in penguin
costumes, signing people's penguin posters and looking at those
stuffed penguins that kids carry around (which are nothing but a good
transmitter of diseases!). I propose now that the penguin be
_scrapped_ in favor of something much more representative of Linux. I
mean, the penguin was great when Linux was the cute, up-and-coming,
sort of _little engine that could_ operating system. But now, with
Linux being the most _excellent_, fabulous and utterly cool operating
system ever (yeh, that's right Steve Jobs - you _know_ it is pal!), I
just don't think the fat little flightless bird is doing the trick for
us. As you know from working with me, I am totally open to suggestions
(as long as it isn't about memory management), so I'm setting a
deadline of midnight, April 1st, to come up with a better
mascot. Please send your submissions in PNG format _ONLY_ (no GIFs!) I
have attached a logo that I particularly like of a _proud_ poodle-like
dog. It sort of symbolizes the pride I feel about Linux and how
everybody thought it was a _dog_ (up until the VA Linux IPO of
course). Though others might still think it's a dog (yeh, that's you
BillyG!), it's a damn proud dog. So send your images along. There
might be some other animal out there that I haven't even thought of
that better represents Linux Remember, before midnight, April 1. NO LATE SUBMISSIONS ACCEPTED!
Linus
Cheers,
I would suggest a cat.
A cat is a popular alternative to the reigning pet-of-choice -- namely, the dog. And Windows is indeed a dog of an operating system.
Additionally, people tend to have strong feelings toward cats -- they either love them or hate them -- with not a lot of middle ground. Just like what you see on the alt.comp.linux.advocacy groups with all the acrimony between Linux, Windows, and Mac afficionados.
And yes, I realize the post was tongue-in-cheek April Fools stuff. :)
Rod
