[boost] Re: Boost Logo Contest Extended [mascot]

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-02-18 10:19:02

Joel de Guzman <joel_at_[hidden]> writes:

> David B. Held wrote:
>> Jonathan Turkanis wrote:
>> 
>>> David B. Held wrote:
>>>
>>>> Several of them are quite good, but I'm afraid that none leaps out
>>>> at me as "The One".  Although, I do have to admit that I kinda like
>>>> the idea of a "mascot" for Boost, and as much as I hate to admit it,
>>>> I kinda like the idea of "Boo, the friendly ghost".
>>>
>>>
>>> Is there room for two ghosts in the software world?
>>>
>>> http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/
>> Well, there's lots more ghosts than that.  There's Norton Ghost as
>> well.  But the name isn't "ghost".  It's "Boo". ;>  And eventually,
>> even O'Reilly will have to start reusing animals.
>
> Well, Boost already has a ghost: Spirit :-)

Not to mention Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]>.

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