Hi Mike,      ...In a msg of , Mad Moose Mike wrote:

 SM>> Linus Torvald has a blanket fixation, too?    ...Must be some sort of
 SM>> "Linus thing".

 SM>> What I have trouble understanding is this;  Why the penguin as the
 SM>> Linux mascot?  Since Linux and Linus T. both originated in
 SM>> Scandinavia and penguins inhabit Antarctica, I guess there is a
 SM>> certain symmetry.   ...Or, are penguins a "Finnish
thing", perhaps?

 MM> It's brilliance in marketing. On the surface, they seem harmless and
 MM> ackward, which distracts big companies like Micro$oft, yet under the

Well, here's hoping.  The infamous Ninja Marketing Teams fielded by
Micro$oft have had things their own way for much too long.

What with the budget and production values of many television
commercials being higher than those of the actual televisions shows,
in self-defense I'm starting to follow marketing as a sort of
"spectator sport".  This lets me enjoy watching quality television,
while partially inoculating me against those commercial "messages".

       ...However, unless there is some good competition, it's just
no fun watching a sport.  Like, if you want to see some high-quality
television, pay special attention to commercials in the tightly fought
league of make up and shampoo marketing.  So like, here's hoping that
Linux can start giving Micro$oft a run for it's money and thus help
to generate production of more quality television commercials.

 MM> surface, they are fast and graceful. The Linux OS /is/ like penguins.

Wow.  That is not only true, but it also sounds almost poetic.  Great
insight, there!


Speaking of marketing...   I noticed a message from you in another
echo that mentioned your BBS telnet site.  I maintain a BBS/telnet
listing that is posted to a few newsgroups and graces a couple web
sites.  Would you have any objection to my including your site in
the listings?


Yours in the Way of the Moose,           ...Steve

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The moose that can be spoken of is not the True Moose -- Lao TzuMoose

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