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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] What's up with larry the cow dot org?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2017 12:30:08
Message-Id: 20171016132938.06d96864@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] What's up with larry the cow dot org? by Alan McKinnon
1 On Mon, 16 Oct 2017 14:14:50 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote:
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3 > I don't think the trustees can argue that claim anymore. Larry hasn't
4 > been around for years on gentoo web sites (znort is still to be found
5 > hovering at the bottom of wiki pages though!). Trademarks go away in law
6 > if you don't protect them.
7
8 Err, from https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Main_Page
9
10 Welcome to the Gentoo wiki!
11 Larry the cow welcomes you to the Gentoo wiki.
12
13 > And it was never Larry the Cow either, gentoo had
14 > Larry the Gender-Confused Cow :-)
15
16 The only confusion is the typical English language ambiguity where cow
17 is also allowed to refer to domesticated cattle of either gender, despite
18 being used as a label for females of so many species.
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20 Or Larry could be short for Lauren/Laura ;-)
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23 --
24 Neil Bothwick
25
26 I do not like this dumb machine
27 I really ought to sell it.
28 It never does just what I want
29 But only what I tell it.

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Re: [gentoo-user] What's up with larry the cow dot org? Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com>