Tux (was: Calling all potential speakers)

[John Vetterli]

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Robert Brockway wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Byron Sonne wrote:
> > > QUIZ QUESTION: How did a penguin become the Linux mascott?
> > I believe Torvalds was charged by a penguin at a zoo, and as a result
> > came to respect it. It's appearance belies it's ferocity ;)
> He was infact _bitten_ by a Little (Fairy) Penguin at Sydney Zoo while
> visiting Australia for a Linux conference in the mid 90s.  He joked about
> subsequently getting "penguinitis" and being forced to put penguins
> everywhere :)

I've heard a few variations of the story (charged, pecked, bitten;
Australia, Antarctica) that make me wonder if this is just folklore.
Can anyone point me at a reliable source?

JV

PS: A search for "Torvalds" on snopes.com turned up nothing.  I don't know
how reliable that is, though.
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