====== The Raccoon Mascot ======
MINIX 3 has a mascot: a raccoon. The raccoon was chosen because raccoons are small, agile, intelligent, friendly -- and best of all -- eat bugs (at least, when there are no garbage cans available). And, being cute doesn't hurt either.
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The MINIX 3 raccoon was named **Rocky Raccoon** by Prof. Andrew Tanenbaum.
> I’m inclined to call the mascot “Rocky Racoon” due to the alliteration and the suggestion that “Rocky” sounds spunky. It doesn’t relate to the software but neither do “Tux” or “Beastie.”
([[https://groups.google.com/d/msg/minix3/SWCi8kLQFA8/bJxOWXLVFHEJ|source]]) - the MINIX 3 team subsequently settled on the more common spelling of "raccoon".