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mascot [2015/06/03 14:12]
briankrent Rationalle clarification for "Rise Raccoon".
mascot [2016/01/13 01:55]
dcvmoole racoon/raccoon
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 +====== 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"​.
mascot.txt · Last modified: 2016/01/13 01:55 by dcvmoole