Marty Kuhrt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Cayemberg"
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2005 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: Official Logo

My understanding is that the Shark logo/mascot is not an official logo despite being also available on the OpenVMS Freeware CD.

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/freeware/freeware40/vms_logo/

Actually, I also quite like the Shark Logo and the Shark as a mascot (see ELASMOBRANCH SEMIOLOGY below). Maybe we just need some improved higher resolution versions of it. Here is a collection Shark Clipart which has been made available for use on web sites...

http://www.oceanstar.com/shark/
http://www.postmodern.com/~fi/sharkpics/clipart/clip.htm

Animated OpenVMS Shark!

http://www-ang.kfunigraz.ac.at/~binder/serverinfo/vms-sharkani.gif

Here are the OpenVMS Shark Logos I'm aware of...

http://wiz.openvms.org/images/vms_shark_hp.png
http://wiz.openvms.org/images/vms_shark_ovmsorg.png
http://wiz.openvms.org/images/vms-shark-large.gif
http://wiz.openvms.org/images/hobshark_small_ovms.gif
http://www.xlnsystems.com/images/sm_HP_VMS_SHARK.gif
http://www.ifn.ing.tu-bs.de/ifn/sonst/vmslogo1.gif
http://membres.lycos.fr/pmoreau/ico/vmslogomini.gif
http://heimnet.com/digital/vmsshrk.gif
http://www.preatorian.net/portal/themes/standard/images/intro.jpg

*HAJIME SHARKS*

The best existing graphics of the OpenVMS Shark logo are probably those based on the Hajime Shark, but it is copyrighted, and I don't believe it's use for OpenVMS has been approved in any way. Please see these former shark threads...

http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/browse_thread/thread/800b2977907d9f46/9c1aba1fe9b9231a
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/browse_thread/thread/34a78c40852b5a80/43c21029b767762a
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/comp.os.vms/browse_thread/thread/984856ab9a1c9008/4e8b1498169757d3

Hajime Sorayama - Web Site

http://www.sorayama.net/

Original Hajime Shark Graphic

http://www.beachbrowser.com/_borders/Hajime_Sorayama_Metal_Shark_2.gif
http://red.upsiger.free.fr/pub/images/sorayama%20fish.jpg

3D Version - you need red-cyan glasses for this. What! You don't always carry them with you!

http://red.upsiger.free.fr/pub/images/anaglyphes/sorayama%20shark%20anag.jpg
http://red.upsiger.free.fr/pub/images/anaglyphes/sorayamasharkanagthbnrol.swf

Another Shark Graphic by Dominator is similar, but I don't know what the copyright status for this graphic is.

http://www.kameli.net/nocopy/noc109.htm
http://www.kameli.net/nocopy/109-Dominator_Shark.jpg

Other Hajime Shark based OpenVMS Logos:

http://www.openvmshobbyist.com/openvms_history/hobbyist_history/vmsshark20.gif
http://hobbesnet.org/images/battleshark.jpg
http://www.heimnet.com/digital/shark640.jpg
http://hack-a.vmsbox.cjb.net/VMSHackFAQ-Banner_02.gif
http://www.openvmshobbyist.org/ovms_art/large/Iovmsmetalshark.gif
http://www.kameli.net/nocopy/109-hajime24_2.jpg

*ELASMOBRANCH SEMIOLOGY*

The Shark carries a lot of symbolism with it that is pertinent to OpenVMS...

* The Shark is among one of the longest surviving creatures in the ocean. The shark evolved to currently recognizable form over 400 million years ago. And, this form has remained competitive ever since.

http://www.shark.ch/Sharkdb/treestart.html

* The Sharks design has been extremely successfull, and where needed adaptable (hammer-heads for instance), providing it with a niche that has made the shark indispensible for the health of it's environment.

http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sharks/types.html
http://www.sharktrust.org/cgi/info.asp?ID=4

* The Shark has unique, highly advanced capabilities and features.

http://www.sharktrust.org/cgi/morphology.html
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/safari/shark/photo/photo_zoom6.html

* The Shark is largely misunderstood by the public. Many untrue myths exist about the shark.

http://www.marinelab.sarasota.fl.us/~rhueter/sharks/myths.phtml
http://new-brunswick.net/new-brunswick/sharks/myths.html
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/sharkmountain/myths.html

* The Shark is endangered, but with a little more consideration, it could potentially rebound with a vengeance.

http://www.shark.ch/cgi-bin/Sharks/Facts/facts_e.pl
http://www.sharktrust.org/cgi/info.asp?ID=7

* The shark will eat flightless or flighty birds which are foolish enough to venture near or into its terrain.

http://www.sunnybrook.utoronto.ca:8080/~liu/ultimate/penguins.gif
http://www.people.vcu.edu/~gasaunde/images/SharkAndHelicopter.jpg

Besides, the logo also fits best to my old Hacker pseudonym (no I don't mean Cracker)... CyberShark :-)

Cheers!
Keith Cayemberg

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Additional logo resources:

Jean-François Mezei:
http://www.vaxination.ca/vms/shark/index.html
Jean-François has worked on several great images including a "Powered by OpenVMS" that's unmatched.