Tux (was: Calling all potential speakers)

[Jason Shein]

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John Vetterli <jvetterli-zC6tqtfhjqE at public.gmane.org> wrote: 
>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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