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Old 10-07-2008, 10:31 AM   #16
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Okay, pop quiz. Where does the avatar come from?
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Outer space?? Not sure if it's from a plan8 though - probably a plan9 (but I'm just guessing, I'll ask Glenda when I see her.)
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Old 10-07-2008, 10:44 AM   #17
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A MobileRead avatar-creation contest? The latest Star Wars movie? PlanetHead's moleskine? Okay, I give.
The avatar is Glenda the bunny. Glenda is the creation of a New York City artist named Renee French. She's the mascot for the open source Plan 9 operating system from Bell Labs, joining Tux the Linux penguin and the BSD devil in a tiny club. She has an unofficial home page here.

I encountered Glenda, and said "The logo for a cool open source OS, whose name derives from Ed Wood's "Plan 9 from Outer Space", arguably the worst SF film ever made, and done by an artist from NYC. What's not to like?" and adopted her as my avatar.
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Old 10-07-2008, 10:54 AM   #18
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So what happened to Tapwave when they got sold?
They didn't get sold. They went belly up. Their affairs were handed to an SF firm specializing in winding down distressed companies, which is a way to fold your tents and creep away without actually going Chapter 11.

Essentially, they went back to the well for more venture funding and came up dry. At the end, they were trying to morph from device manufacturer to engineering firm making designs other people would manufacture, but failed to make the transition. Reams have been written on why Tapwave failed, starting with an inability to get game developers on board, and promotion so heavily oriented toward gaming that it could be hard to discover it was also a superb PDA, but the point is long since moot.

Motorola bought some intellectual property from Tapwave, and some Tapwave engineers went to work for them on an unspecified "We can't tell you what it is, but it will be really cool!" product, but Tapwave is now a fond memory.

I have three of them, so I expect to use a Zodiac for quite some time.
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Old 10-07-2008, 11:31 AM   #19
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Hey Dennis, great news.
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Old 10-07-2008, 12:39 PM   #20
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Great news , Dennis! Congrats!

You have edified me on several occasions. I look forward to more helpful insight.
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Old 10-07-2008, 12:48 PM   #21
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Old 10-07-2008, 01:01 PM   #22
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Congratulation!! your insights are always welcome.
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Old 10-07-2008, 05:37 PM   #23
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A very well deserved promotion/ascendancy/colour change (delete as appropriate). Congratulations. And someone who knows about Plan 9, to boot!

I look forward more excellent reports, and insights!
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Old 10-07-2008, 06:20 PM   #24
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You're one of the ablest researchers in this place. Good to see you there.

BTW I always thought that avatar was your real portrait. It saddens me now to have to see you otherwise.
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Old 10-07-2008, 11:18 PM   #25
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Congrats, Dennis (nice name, although, to me you will always be "Bunny McCunney" ... I can't help it ... it's how I think of you).
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Old 10-07-2008, 11:29 PM   #26
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Congrats, Dennis (nice name, although, to me you will always be "Bunny McCunney" ... I can't help it ... it's how I think of you).
Don't make me unleash my Evil Twin...


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Old 10-08-2008, 01:06 AM   #27
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Dennis, thanks for the warning!
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Old 10-08-2008, 01:08 AM   #28
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Don't make me unleash my Evil Twin...
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See? I knew Bunny McCunney had some evil in him somewhere!

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I have three of them, so I expect to use a Tapwave for the foreseeable future.

(And I have yet to find anything comparable.)
Hear, hear! Two Zods here. Nothing else measures up...

And congratulations, Bu--, I mean Dennis!
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