Re: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret)

["L. S. Russell" <leslier@xxxxxxxxxx>]

What does TUX (the name of the linux penguin represent)? Nothing, it is
just cool! If RPG is going to have a mascot, does it really have to
represent anything? No, it just has to be cool.

"Fisher, Don" wrote:
> 
> A chameleon?
> 
> Let's think about that for a minute.  A chameleon changes coloration to
> blend with the environment.  Essentially, a chameleon only pretends to be
> something it is not.
> 
> Do we want a pretender representing the AS/400?  The 400 does not, after
> all, merely pretend to be a web server or a PC file server.  It does do
> those things and does them well.
> 
> Just a thought on a topic that proves some of us probably have too much time
> on our hands.
> 
> Donald R. Fisher, III
> Project Manager
> Heilig-Meyers Furniture Company
> (804) 784-7500 ext. 2124
> Don.Fisher@HeiligMeyers.com
> 
> <clip>
> So we gotta go with a chamelon AND a penguin???
> <clip>
> > I vote for the chameleon...
> >
> > See it's a midrange proprietary machine...
> >
> > No its a PC file server....
> >
> > No, now its a web server......
> >
> > No, wait a minute it's a Domino server
> >
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