MINIX Mascot
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Jacob Adams
May 19, 2015, 4:03:19 PM5/19/15
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It appears that the raccoon mascot of MINIX still has no official name.
There are lots of great options on the wiki page (http://wiki.minix3.org/doku.php?id=mascot)
Although there is a small MINIX community, I'm not sure we could successfully vote on it. We could vote via this list, but that could get chaotic and would be really hard to count if we have a lot of votes. There is also no way to regulate voting more than one.
Do the developers just want to pick a name? Do we want to try to vote on it?
Thomas Cort
May 19, 2015, 4:12:50 PM5/19/15
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Yes, it would be nice to finally have a name for the mascot. It doesn't matter to me how it's chosen... developers pick, AST picks, some sort of voting, etc.
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Murray Smith
May 20, 2015, 2:04:56 AM5/20/15
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For my two cents worth, Rocket.
David van Moolenbroek
May 28, 2015, 9:49:51 AM5/28/15
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Hey,
On Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at 8:04:56 AM UTC+2, Murray wrote:
For my two cents worth, Rocket.
That's a cool name for sure, but also an invitation for a lawsuit I'm afraid..
Regards,
David
Murray Smith
May 30, 2015, 8:36:43 PM5/30/15
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Depends on how heavy handed Marvel would be in regard to the name, how much profit minix would make from using the name and if they feel that what the Minix raccoon does is the same as the Marvel raccoon.
Marvel may even see it as "fair use" of the name.
On a side note a french company Dior are trying to prevent a legitimate use of the "Dior" name here in New Zealand, http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=11431328
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Jean-Baptiste Boric
May 31, 2015, 4:21:05 AM5/31/15
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A name for the lovely lil' raccoon?
Nowadays a pun with the BSD daemon could be appropriate, but I'm not too hot for "Meastie"...
Perhaps "City", since our raccoon could probably survive in a zombie apocalypse thanks to its reincarnation server?
"Ark", for "Amsterdam Raccoon Kit"?
More seriously, if this was 1996 I'd have suggested "Mux".
Nowadays a pun with the BSD daemon could be appropriate, but I'm not too hot for "Meastie"...
Perhaps "City", since our raccoon could probably survive in a zombie apocalypse thanks to its reincarnation server?
"Ark", for "Amsterdam Raccoon Kit"?
More seriously, if this was 1996 I'd have suggested "Mux".
r0ller
Jun 1, 2015, 8:56:50 AM6/1/15
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Mux still sounds good for me:)
Luke Bullard
Jun 3, 2015, 2:56:28 AM6/3/15
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How about Muxly. The "ly" to make sure people don't think it's a mistype.
Brian Krent
Jun 3, 2015, 5:02:23 AM6/3/15
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At the present moment, I'm partial to:
• Risen, the resurrecting raccoon.
(Although that might be a little morbid sounding.)
Other alliterations:
• Roamer Raccoon
• Runner Raccoon
• Racer Raccoon• Rally Raccoon
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Brian Krent
Jun 3, 2015, 8:54:34 AM6/3/15
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After a little more reflection, I've personally settled on "Rize Raccoon" — resurrecting resources for robust reliability! (Or something to that effect. Further word-smithing recommended for a playful tag line.)
Rationale:
1. It plays on the notion of rise -> risen -> resurrection for the Resurrection Service.
2. Alliteration with "raccoon" and other words relevant to the goals of Minix3.
3. "Rize" is a meant as a more unique spelling of "rise", more suitable as a proper noun.
4. Brevity — "Rize" is short, sweet, simple, and easy to remember.
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Brian Krent
Rationale:
1. It plays on the notion of rise -> risen -> resurrection for the Resurrection Service.
2. Alliteration with "raccoon" and other words relevant to the goals of Minix3.
3. "Rize" is a meant as a more unique spelling of "rise", more suitable as a proper noun.
4. Brevity — "Rize" is short, sweet, simple, and easy to remember.
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Brian Krent
venomDev
Aug 3, 2015, 3:19:24 AM8/3/15
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I haven't played with Minix enough to get a feel for the spirit of the community just yet but just saying if Tux plays on the linux name then Rix would play on the minix name...
venomDev
Aug 3, 2015, 3:19:27 AM8/3/15
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I haven't played with Minix enough to get a feel for the spirit of the community just yet but just saying if Tux plays on the linux name then Rix would play on the minix name...
On Wednesday, 20 May 2015 05:33:19 UTC+9:30, Jacob Adams wrote:
On Wednesday, 20 May 2015 05:33:19 UTC+9:30, Jacob Adams wrote:
Jean-Baptiste Boric
Aug 3, 2015, 6:56:17 AM8/3/15
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I haven't played with Minix enough to get a feel for the spirit of the community just yet but just saying if Tux plays on the linux name then Rix would play on the minix name...
The racoon was named by Tanenbaum some time ago (https://groups.google.com/d/msg/minix3/SWCi8kLQFA8/bJxOWXLVFHEJ, http://wiki.minix3.org/doku.php?id=mascot), he/she/it was named Rocky Raccoon.
Lucas Weteling
Aug 23, 2015, 9:08:24 AM8/23/15
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Hij,
Handy, presents: easy to work with, nice to have, allways working, allways available (or handy Andy)
Skilly: skill, all skills present
Mix: a lot of possibilities
Max: no limits
Really: reliability is the standard, really
Rely: confidance
Regards,
Lucas
Oscar Gimenez Blasco
Aug 23, 2015, 9:21:01 AM8/23/15
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