From: mdw@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Matt Welsh) Subject: Re: Why Linux should remain Linux and seagulls should not be used. Date: 16 Apr 1993 05:18:23 GMT
In article <C5GFxB.D50@ukelele.GCR.COM>, spj@ukelele.GCR.COM (Simon Patrick Janes) writes:
> I don't like the seagull idea however. Seagulls are too common I think...
> I don't know... it just makes me think what America would have been like
> if the national bird was the turkey like it almost became. I would rather
> have a platypus than a seagull.
Folks,
Michael K. Johnson and I have decided to use the Linux seagull logo on the
title page of the Linux Documentation Project manuals as well as other
works. We're working right now on integrating the logo with the current
linuxdoc.sty LaTeX style format used by the LDP.
While this by no means makes it "official", it's about as official as you
can get in the Linux community. The seagull represents many things about
Linux: its size (Linux is a small UNIX), freedom, internationalization (where
in the world aren't seagulls found?), flexibility, and, well... flight (from
the world of DOS). If any animal or design represents Linux it is the seagull.
Although I'm probably not interested in receiving tons of email trying to
persuade me out of this decision, if you design a good-looking Linux logo
depicting some other animal (or no animal at all?) feel free to send it
along. PostScript is fine, but MetaFont source would be better. The seagull
has so far been the most appropriate available design, and we really liked
it. A platypus? Okay, if the mammal body represents System V and the duckbill
represents BSD, then you may have something there... :)
Cheers,
mdw
-- Matt Welsh, mdw@tc.cornell.edu "I met a girl named Sandoz..."