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OO.org Selects Its Own Sea Bird

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguin-was-taken dept.

Elektroschock writes "A new mascot of the OO.org project was announced today: A crazy sea gull. I wonder whether it will help to convince office workers of Open Office. "Andrea [Maggioni]'s contribution is not only beautiful and effective but also illustrates the potential of young people to contribute importantly to real projects under the banner of Free and Open Source Software." Andrea, "whose cheerful drawing, of a fun-looking seagull holding a fish, plays on the "OOo" shorthand of OpenOffice.org"... ehemm, it's a crazy sea gull."

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  1. Mascott? by probbka · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I think there's only one 't' in mascot.

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    1. Re:Mascott? by cgenman · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Maybe he's hiding from those ruffians who
      wish to manhandle his dickie. They've already kicked his ascot.

      (appologies to Groening)

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  2. Oh, brother. by waynelorentz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Glad to see that OO finally figured out what is wrong with their office suite. It's not the fact that it can't open all MS Office documents. It's not the fact that it doesn't have an OS X-native version that works. It's not the fact that it sucks up so many resources on some WinXP boxes that people go back to the comparitively-perky MS equivalent. It's the mascot. Yeah, that will make everything better and people will "flock" to the product.

    I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "Not ready for prime time." I really wish it were so I could be 100% Microsoft free.

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  3. No, that was a pelican and not a seagull by Pizaz · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It was actually a pelican that helped Marlin (Nemo's father) and his forgetful sidekick Dory.

    1. Re:No, that was a pelican and not a seagull by ozbird · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Ironically, while Nigel had an Australian accent, he certainly wasn't an Australian Pelican.
      Apart from the orange bill, he's almost certainly an American Brown Pelican.