On Jul 10, 2007, at 12:15 PM, Rich Teer wrote: > Instant recognisability. Whenever I see a rotund penguin sitting > down, > I immediately make a Linux connection (even if not in a computing > context). > > I think there're two things in consideration here: a logo of some sort > and a mascot. Apache's feather is their logo and Tux is Linux's > mascot. > Are mascots and logos necessarily different things?
Not necessarily. A Logo is what we have now in the form of the (a little unimaginative) multicolored "OpenSolaris" graphic in a plain Sans font. Logos and Mascots can be separate things either used together or each used separately (witness FreeBSD.org - they have a separate Logo and the BSD Devil Mascot) or combined. Sometimes the Mascot also serves as the Logo (for example, there's no real standard "Linux" logo, so Tux pretty much serves as both Logo and Mascot pretty much everywhere you look.) /dale
