-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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, - -- _/_/ Satoru Matsumoto - openSUSE Member - Japan _/_/ _/_/ Marketing/Weekly News/openFATE Screening Team _/_/ _/_/ mail: helios_reds_at_gmx.net / irc: HeliosReds _/_/ _/_/ http://blog.geeko.jp/author/heliosreds _/_/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmtKzAACgkQXnHIfHE6+z3ZyACgg51M7mbA9cVxXCioXCvorva4 4mQAmwQN5eugOpH69K7TwbOjTz3bQqAe =ILlS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-marketing+help@opensuse.org