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From: Luke A. Guest <laguest@archeia.com>
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Subject: Re: The Owl - My Idea for the Ada mascot
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 15:00:37 +0000 (UTC)
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Hubert <herrdoktor@fumanchu.com> wrote:
> On 11/13/2014 20:37 PM, David Botton wrote:
>> 
>> This owl picture I think sums up my idea of a base for an Ada Mascot
>> 
>> http://devpress.com/demo/quiescent/files/2012/08/owl-50267-1200x900.jpg
>> 
>> Powerful, sleek, precise. Every aspect of the owl is engineered.
>> 
>> Thoughts?
>> 
>> David Botton
>> 
> 
> To me Ada is associated with the original DoD project and due to it's
> more Pascal like syntax a bit with nostalgia. My idea therefore is more
> something like a 1950's rocket image like the following (without the Oldsmobile that is)

The whole point of this mascot thing is to try to get people thinking about
applications and not the past with missiles, rockets, etc.

IMO it should be a cartoony cutesy style, I've already said to pass this
onto dave heald.