GIMP disappearance

[Chris Mohler]

On Jan 15, 2008 8:22 PM, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett at verizon.net> wrote:
> On Tuesday 15 January 2008, Croombe F. Pensom wrote:
> >I, too, thought I'd lost GIMP but it is actually there but its name and
> >ikon have changed. If you look under Graphics you'll find that it's
> >still there only it's now called GNU Image Manipulation Program and its
> >ikon is now a funny looking fox-like cartoon creature.
> >
> That 'fox' in one form or another, has been the Gimp mascot for the 9 or so
> years I've known about Gimp.  It gets a fresh rendition from time to time,
> but its always been a fox.

The 'fox' is named Wilbur, and is actually a coyote:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilber_(mascot)

I was feeling like a little trivia :)

Chris