Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-marketing (197 mails)

[Satoru Matsumoto <helios_reds@xxxxxxx>]

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Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier wrote:

> Just FYI - the mascot, if I understand correctly, was named for
> Juergen Geck (hence, gecko) one of the former SUSE guys.

Well, AFAIK, the name Geeko was selected in a name competition by SuSE
in the year 2000.  You can read the old slashdot story here:
http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=00/02/06/2346258

And we can find several descriptions about Geeko on the Web. For example:

  "The official logo of the distribution is a fore-mentioned chameleon
  green officially " Geeko" (contraction of " Gecko " and " Geek ")
  following a contest launched by SUSE. Its design passably
  evolved/moved with the wire of time."
  http://www.speedylook.com/Suse.html

  "In the interests of full disclosure, I must reveal that I
  participated in the "Name-the-SuSE-lizard" contest last February at
  the Manhattan LinuxWorld. My entry of "Get the Hell Away From Me You
  Big Green Thing!" did not win, for some reason, and I freely admit I
  hold no bitterness towards SuSE for picking the name "Geeko" instead.
  Really."
  http://www.linuxplanet.com/linuxplanet/reviews/2394/1/

Therefore I understand the official name of the mascot in not Gecko, but
Geeko. ;-)

Best,

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