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From: | "Dave Korn" <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com> |
To: | <cygwin AT cygwin DOT com> |
Subject: | RE: Hippo icon! |
Date: | Tue, 3 May 2005 12:44:55 +0100 |
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In-Reply-To: | <20050503101736.GA8522@calimero.vinschen.de> |
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X-OriginalArrivalTime: | 03 May 2005 11:44:54.0471 (UTC) FILETIME=[86001D70:01C54FD5] |
----Original Message---- >From: Corinna Vinschen >Sent: 03 May 2005 11:18 > On May 3 10:51, Chris January wrote: >> Ashwin N wrote: >>> I noticed that the icon for Cygwin on the website has changed from the >>> green-n-black C to a roaring hippo. >>> http://www.cygwin.com/hippo.jpg >> >> It's to shake off the impression that Cygwin is bloated and slow. No, >> wait.... > > Yes, sure, that's right. The hippo's the second fastest animal ever, > right after the tortois(*). > > > Corinna > > > (*) See Terry Pratchett's "Pyramids" for the proof. See also the free-falling hippos from the talk-list! cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/
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