--- Arnt Ove Gregersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> skrev: > > On Tuesday 24 February 2004 00:43, tice cddp40 wrote: > > > It may be more important to provide an original mascot instead > > of the overused Tux. Overused tux may look a bit odd and give an > amateur > > image. > > I agree
When it comes to the general public of teachers, parents and school administrators (i.e. not long time Linux users), I find it hard to believe that Tux is "overused"; rather the best one could hope for is that some of these people actually *have* been slightly exposed to Tux before, and therefore recognizes this Linux icon in a positive way. Also, Tux seems extremely safe when it comes to cultural sensibilities the world over. Though I am not aware of how all world cultures connotes elfins (I would suppose predominantly in a positive manner), the Belgian example of Kobold already shows some potential for misstep here. There has recently been a (mostly stupid, IMHO) debate over the BSD demon. I don't wanna sound to squamish or paranoid, but remember this is schools and kids we're talking about. A separate argument for keeping Tux is the ease of getting 3rd party props like stuffed dolls, which again are nice for marketing. Imagine yourself as a newcomer to Linux: While it's nice to have a whole zoo of animals to choose from, this can also be somewhat confusing (nothwithstanding the Gnu/Linux, Gnome/KDE etc.). Choice is good, information overflow less so. In any case, let's include some educational props and the debian swirl. If we do go with a nice, jolly elfin, I think it would be better to remove the horns. Just ranting, Knut Staring ______________________________________________________ F� den nye Yahoo! Messenger p� http://no.messenger.yahoo.com/ Nye ikoner og bakgrunner, webkamera med superkvalitet og dobbelt s� morsom
