Subject: Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition
From: Christopher Faylor <[email-masked]>
To: [email-masked]
Cc: "Ryan T. Sammartino" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2002 13:23:17 -0500

On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:28:30AM -0800, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote:
>On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:41:11PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote:
>> The key design criterion are:
>> 2) Must be related to, in an easily interpretable fashion, the Cygwin
>> net release project.
>> 
>> Something interesting and humorous is probably best.
>> 
>
>I would vote myself for some kind of Swan (Cygwin, from Cygnus +
>Windows, Cygnus = Swan (Latin)).  May be too obvious and not as subtle
>as an otter (?).
>
>Another (potentially less humourous) idea would be for someone to
>photograph (or obtain a photograph) or some other depiction of the
>Cygnus constellation or the Cygnus X-1 black hole.
>
>Just my Cdn$0.02.

Since Cygnus is no longer a viable entity, it doesn't make sense to
publicize it.

In fact the cygnus.com domain is going away real soon now.

cgf

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