| Subject | : | eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 29 Dec, 2006 on 09:48 |
| XWP allows boot logos and comes with 3. I modified the Penguin from OS2 Warp to eComStation. I started with the eComStation v2 logo from David. This is not nearly as good as other graphics I have seen here but maybe others will come up with other ideas. Unfortunately I have to upload as a jpeg as bmp is not allowed. To use as a bootlogo it must be converted back to uncompressed bmp 1.3 (which the conversions will likely cause even more quality loss than I already had in the creation). |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 29 Dec, 2006 on 14:42 |
| Since the penguin is (more or less) associated with Linux, wouldn't it cause some confusion if it is used with eComStation? OS/2-eCS.Org has a design that uses a seal. I will look for a copy/file of it.
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Ian Manners |
| Date | : | 29 Dec, 2006 on 17:07 |
| You can also find a collection at http://www.ecssite.com/sw/graphics/index.html Cheers |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 29 Dec, 2006 on 17:30 |
It might, I always liked the OS/2 Warp logo on the Penguin co-opting it so I wanted to eCS-ize it.Andy |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 29 Dec, 2006 on 17:33 |
While I could probably put some of those to use for this purpose I think we are thinking of different things. If you have xwp and go to the desktop properties, there is a Workplace Shell boot logo (I should have added Workplace shell to the original description but I hadn't looked at that field... just the text below that). |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | charly charlymexd@netscape.net |
| Date | : | 29 Dec, 2006 on 17:54 |
| Since Penguin is "cute and agile" i prefer it over the seal that is usually "heavy and slow"... i think the mascot topic has been a point where we haven't been able to produce one that delivers the agile-secure-confidece precense of eCS/OS2. I think a lion could be a better one. Greetings |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 29 Dec, 2006 on 18:56 |
| Here is a quick attempt... not real good but then I am far from an artist. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 30 Dec, 2006 on 02:19 |
| This one is somewhat better. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | cyberspittle cyberspittle@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 30 Dec, 2006 on 05:11 |
abwilis, I like it a lot. However, you may want to use a different penguin, than the Linux Penquin. Keep up the good work. Maybe eCS (OS/2) needs a mascot? Linux has it's penguin, FreeBSD has it's d(a)emon, SuSE had it's chameleon. Personally, I like the penguin, maybe a polar bear? Or, is that a Coca-cola mascot? I think you made a good point with your graphic. Let's all get this (eCS) ball rolling. (AmigaOS already has a ball as it's mascot). Keep the graphics coming! |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 30 Dec, 2006 on 13:33 |
| Both the penguin and the seal are agile in the water but not so on land. I prefer the seal (sea lion?) since I consider the penguin already spoken for. Coca Cola uses both a penguin and a polar bear in their commercials but the polar bear is more associated with Coca Cola. It is that Coca Cola would put the penguin and polar bear together since neither would meet in the wild (from opposite [litterally] ends of the world). |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | jer jksamphere@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 30 Dec, 2006 on 21:14 |
Seals eat penguins for lunch! ![]() |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | obiwan |
| Date | : | 30 Dec, 2006 on 21:30 |
| I thought the elephant (who has a name I've forgotten) who reminds you every few years to register your copy of Warp 4 was the official OS/2 mascot. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 30 Dec, 2006 on 23:26 |
| Art the Dancing Elephant The penguin ships with xwp with an OS/2 Warp across its belly. I merely updated it with eComStation. But now that you remind me I should see if I can find Art. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 31 Dec, 2006 on 01:31 |
The leopard seal likes to eat penguins. I saw it on a nature show on penguins and the movie 'Happy Feet'. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | DavidG |
| Date | : | 31 Dec, 2006 on 02:07 |
I created two new default logos for XWP. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | DavidG |
| Date | : | 31 Dec, 2006 on 02:09 |
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | cyberspittle cyberspittle@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 31 Dec, 2006 on 07:19 |
BWG ... I just realized that Killer Whales (Orca) eat seals. But, alas! I had forgotten about Art the Elephant! I remember there were a lot of threads in newsgroups about how to get rid of it! LOL. Man, how time has flown. Is it Elephants still? Or should eCS have it's own mascot? How about a flying saucer or UFO? Both are rare and hard to find. LOL. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 31 Dec, 2006 on 15:14 |
Doing a search shows that everyone was trying to kill Art the Elephant. Hard question about Art though. Art was specifically an IBM thing in that IBMers working on and with OS/2 chose a dancing elephant for a mascot because of |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | cyberspittle cyberspittle@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 31 Dec, 2006 on 18:04 |
| OK. I think we are on a roll. this brainstorming is going to find the right one for a mascot. I think the mountain lion was a mascot for Mercury (remember the cat sitting on the Ford-Lincoln-Mercury sign? Also, MGM uses the roaring lion at the beginning of it's movies. I personally like the mountain lion (AKA couger) as it is a native american animal. How about a panther? It is a pretty cool cat. A relative of the leopard and at night, well, need I say more? Those eyes would be cool! |
| Subject | : | elephant and seal? |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 08 Jan, 2007 on 19:23 |
Combine an elephant with a seal and one gets an elephant seal(?). ![]() Since the registration elephant was so difficult to get rid of, perhaps it could symbolise how stubborn OS/2-eCS is in not going away?
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| Subject | : | OS/2 Catepillar and eCS Butterfly? |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 08 Jan, 2007 on 19:33 |
| How about mascot for OS/2 being a catepillar and the mascot for eCS being a butterfly (not like the one for MSN). I did a drawing where it had a butterfly emerging from a cocoon. The coccoon had 'OS/2. on it and the wings of the butterfly had 'eCS' on it (actually the eCS ball as the head). What do you think? Inquiring minds want to know.
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de |
| Date | : | 08 Jan, 2007 on 22:59 |
| Folks, I just wanted to say THANKS! Go on! |
| Subject | : | Manatee boot logo? |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 11 Jan, 2007 on 01:30 |
| I think manatees are gentile giants. They are cool. A manatee for the OS/2-eCS mascot?
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | obiwan |
| Date | : | 11 Jan, 2007 on 01:59 |
As long as we're avoiding logos that are taken, you should be aware the flying saucer is used by Gentoo Linux. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | cyberspittle cyberspittle@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 11 Jan, 2007 on 05:34 |
Drat! Scratch that! Well, let's keep going. How about a horse or zebra? Maybe we should check out some Oreily book covers, LOL. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | obiwan |
| Date | : | 13 Jan, 2007 on 02:40 |
| A Mouse? OS/2's development was done in Boca Raton, Florida. Raton is Spanish for mouse. OS/2 introduced powerful use of the mouse to IBM's DOS userbase. A mouse lives a small, quiet existence, yet terrifies the elephant (at least in the cartoons). A mouse is aggressively pursued by predators. (Microsoft is a predatory creature.) A mouse can live without much problem in about any environment and find its sustenance. (OS/2 now feeds quite well on outside technology.) No matter how hard people try to kill off the mice, they are always still around, somewhere. The mouse is generally looked down upon, yet is quite a clever, yet simple animal. Mice are cute. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | cyberspittle cyberspittle@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 13 Jan, 2007 on 05:22 |
How about a cockroach? They are the best survivors ever. If you've been to Florida, you would know about palmetto bugs ... great big cockroaches. LOL. OK. Just kidding. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 15 Jan, 2007 on 00:03 |
Why not a mouse? A certain man named Walt Disney built an empire on one. How about a rabbit? The are also cute and cuddly and quite proliferic. Of the 'Tom and Jerry Show', I have been more for the cat since we both have the name 'Tom'. While MTM made shows, they used a cat (with a different custome depending on the show) in a similar manner to MGMs lion. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | cyberspittle cyberspittle@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 15 Jan, 2007 on 02:18 |
| BWG,
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Kim |
| Date | : | 15 Jan, 2007 on 20:16 |
| Well, I kind of like the idea of having a mouse as mascot so I would vote for that. Poll is mentioned; give me some more options and I'll set it up. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de |
| Date | : | 15 Jan, 2007 on 21:06 |
Hi, Also, I personally like racoons a lot, and why not a beaver? (Racoons are already in use IIRC but I don't remember what/who that was...) Greetings |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 16 Jan, 2007 on 16:08 |
| Another idea that came up over IRC was a dolphin. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de |
| Date | : | 16 Jan, 2007 on 20:52 |
Yep, but...: http://www.mysql.com (-> logo). Greetings |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 17 Jan, 2007 on 17:13 |
1 mouse plus any others you might think of.
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Kim |
| Date | : | 17 Jan, 2007 on 19:22 |
| Okey, here goes: http://scripts.os2world.com/stuffed/ Let me know if there is something you want to change and/or add before I post news about it. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 17 Jan, 2007 on 19:59 |
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/graphics/tgif4115.zip http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/graphics/draw/vector_e.zip |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 17 Jan, 2007 on 20:17 |
Mountain Lion (or even lion) was mentioned earlier in this thread. Andy |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 17 Jan, 2007 on 20:18 |
Mountain Lion (or even lion) was mentioned earlier in this thread. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Kim |
| Date | : | 17 Jan, 2007 on 20:57 |
| Okey, I've added following: - Mountain Lion |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | onlineuser2 |
| Date | : | 18 Jan, 2007 on 11:19 |
| Why not Phoenix or some equivalent ? Is it too late for adding to the pool? Said to live for 500 or 1461 years (depending on the source), the phoenix is a bird with beautiful gold and red plumage. It always arises from its ashes. (Don't you think about os/2?) The bird was also said to regenerate when hurt or wounded by a foe, thus being almost immortal and invincible. As a mythology symbol it got different meanings in different part of the world, but usually positive and it compares in fairy tales, music works, film, cartoons (star trek too, I'm told). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(mythology) On one hand it has faboulose meanings and implications all over the world, on the other hand it may be it has been already too much used, also as a mascot. There are many kinds of picture, (also stylish http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bennu) |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 18 Jan, 2007 on 14:34 |
- black bear |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | cyberspittle cyberspittle@yahoo.com |
| Date | : | 19 Jan, 2007 on 03:03 |
| BWG, I accidently discovered a demo CD-ROM for Warp 4, and besides the elephant on it, is a "ball" that is the spokesperson for the CD-ROM. Of course, AmigaOS already has a ball. But, eCS has it's weird 3-pronged ball, so maybe that is it. Personally, I would prefer an animal. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Kim |
| Date | : | 19 Jan, 2007 on 12:23 |
Might be that we should update Mountain Lion to Puma, more known to say so. Phoenix I think that we can drop, since wasn't the Mozilla people that had problem using this earlier as pre-name for Firefox? |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | onlineuser2 |
| Date | : | 19 Jan, 2007 on 13:51 |
| "Phoenix I think that we can drop, since wasn't the Mozilla people that had problem using this earlier as pre-name for Firefox?" so, bye bye Phoenix!..... |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Martin |
| Date | : | 19 Jan, 2007 on 14:06 |
| I just get an email from Alan Duval, he said: "I think it should be a bee because a bee is efficient and productive, uses little resources and works cooperatively." |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Kim |
| Date | : | 19 Jan, 2007 on 14:35 |
Okey, I've added Bee to the poll, so drop him an e-mail about. And well why not, nice one. IBM used bee within corporate slogan, I Bee M. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 19 Jan, 2007 on 14:54 |
| I remember it as part of an IBM screen saver. It had an 'eye' for the I and a bee for the B. The m was the M. It floated around on the screen and eventually formed eye bee m. A bee would be great since it was used by IBM.
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | donhelmi donhelmi@aon.at |
| Date | : | 23 Jan, 2007 on 00:57 |
| Still hope its not to late for a new suggestion... How about a Tribble? Its .) cosy .) sweet .) lovely and still a menace to the rest of the universe. ![]() It starts with only a few, but after a short time... |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Kim |
| Date | : | 23 Jan, 2007 on 01:57 |
| Well, I had to google this one since I didn't know what Tribble was and my dictionary didn't know either. So then it's great that we got Wiki. Only worry I would have if Paramount didn't agree to use one of their trademarks. |
| Subject | : | Tribbles? |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 23 Jan, 2007 on 02:30 |
It was a very popular episode of the original Star Trek series; The Trouble with Tribbles. It was funny. If they allowed IBM to use 'Warp' in the OS/2 name, perhaps they would allow tribbles to be allowed as the mascott for eCS? The downside is it is just a ball of fur.
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| Subject | : | Re:Tribbles? |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 23 Jan, 2007 on 15:50 |
Actually, part of IBM's marketing woes was that Paramount didn't let them use Warp. Therefore, Warp was as in bent and not as in speed. Of course, we wouldn't want our mascot beamed to a Klingon ship where they would be "No tribble at all". |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | onlineuser2 |
| Date | : | 24 Jan, 2007 on 10:45 |
| Why did anybody think about octopus, that is the only true multitasking animal and clever!! bye Onlineuser2 PS In any way, the logo importance is the meanings communication. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Cris |
| Date | : | 02 Feb, 2007 on 14:36 |
Hi Thomas, Thankyou |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de |
| Date | : | 02 Feb, 2007 on 15:31 |
| Hi Cris, that was subject to the decision of the editor-in-chief. In addition, VOICE has to check for potential copyright infringements and check if someone might feel "offended" by my (partly) sarcastic speech. If all fails, I will put it online somewhere else. But I don't think it'll be necessary. BTW you don't have to wait for my proposal in order to "decide" for a mascot. My proposal was kind of ironical (thus, not a serious proposal). Anyway, I think the article is quite funny. Hope to see it published next month. Sorry guys. And thanks for your interest!!! Greetings |
| Subject | : | Elephant is winning? |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 02 Mar, 2007 on 17:46 |
So far the elephant seems to be getting the most points. I wonder how difficult it would be to do a stylised elephant?
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | boldos boldos@boldos.info |
| Date | : | 04 Mar, 2007 on 15:19 |
| As far as I remember, some kind of an elephant is used as a PosgreSQL logo? |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 05 Mar, 2007 on 14:47 |
| http://www.postgresql.org/ It does show an elephant at the site. The dolphin is second in getting votes. Is anyone else using a dolphin?
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de |
| Date | : | 05 Mar, 2007 on 15:01 |
Hi BWG, ...
...you don't know that one? Greetings |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | Radek hajek@vuv.cz |
| Date | : | 05 Mar, 2007 on 16:12 |
I have voted for a dolphin Dolphins are <i>intelligent</i> smart and quick. And so is eCS. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 05 Mar, 2007 on 21:50 |
I should have known since I get the MySQL news e-mail. The mountain lion or puma is third. Hopefully no one else is using it else we run out of animals on the list. The butterfly is fourth but MSN uses it in its commercial (a stylised one). I wish the manatee was on the list. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS (penguin) boot logo |
| Author | : | icebear |
| Date | : | 08 Mar, 2007 on 04:56 |
| Hi all, why does the subject contain "penguin" ![]() The penguin belongs to *ix/ux !? What about an ant ? If not mistaken: I t can carry 8 times the own weight ... Good luck ! |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS (penguin) boot logo |
| Author | : | warpcafe warpcafe@yahoo.de |
| Date | : | 08 Mar, 2007 on 08:49 |
Hello,
...and already used by the apache "ant": http://ant.apache.org Greetings |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS (penguin) boot logo |
| Author | : | abwillis abwillis1@gmail.com |
| Date | : | 08 Mar, 2007 on 14:57 |
Mostly because the entire thread kind of morphed into something larger after I started it. |
| Subject | : | Re:eCS (penguin) boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 12 Mar, 2007 on 17:27 |
I had this happen to some of my posts.
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| Subject | : | Re:eCS penguin boot logo |
| Author | : | BigWarpGuy |
| Date | : | 17 Mar, 2007 on 12:15 |
| With 359 votes so far, the elephant is still ahead. Can one animal/mascot represent more than one group? Perhaps if it was drawn differently than the other one(s)?
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