From: Steve McAndrewSmith Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [comp.os.linux.advocacy] Penguin with rocket-launcher? Date: 11 May 1998 10:42:18 +0200 Subject: Penguin with rocket-launcher? From: Leon Brooks Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy [Submitter's note: This comes from a fairly lengthly thread about the linux penguin logo (http://www.linux.org), what it's name is, how to pronounce it, whether it's appropriate for the O.S., etc ...] Tim Hanson wrote: > Bob Nelson wrote: > >Paul McNally wrote: > >> Perhaps the achilles heel of Linux is it's image. > >Linus himself likes it. Case closed. Sounds a bit like Linus testing kernels... it compiled, case closed. (-: > Maybe they would have a muscle bound, sweaty mercenary with a rocket > launcher on one arm and some curvaceous babe on the other. How about teaming him up with Lara, from Tomb Raider II? We could pose Tux on Lara's shoulder, aiming the rocket-launcher (with "let's Start something" emblazoned on the side...) while Lara strikes a defensive pose with blazing pistols. Then we'd be addressing the following markets: * Sex-starved males * Cuddly-penguin-starved females * Relationship-oriented people (-: the Tux 'n' Lara soapie spinoff :-) * Gun/firepower freaks * Suits (if we give Tux a tie...) * Gamers * Weenies who'd like to feel macho * Femmes who hate feeling powerless Somewhere in there, I think we've covered most people... Consider also a penguin with a lightsabre, atop a plaque reading "Insist on source, Luke" (-: