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> other than Java I never understood what that triangular clown was meant to be. Can't deny it's recognizable.
by orthoxerox 4y ago
> other than Java
I never understood what that triangular clown was meant to be. Can't deny it's recognizable.
- Kwpolska 4y agoAn even more recognizable logo would be the coffee cup.
- bitwize 4y agoIn my headcanon Duke is a personified Ouija board planche. Just like the planche is the go-between for the user and the Ouija board, Duke is the go-between for the user and the tablet computer for which Java was originally designed. It might be a bit of a stretch, but he was originally more than a mascot but a "software agent" through which the user's actions were carried out, a sort of more active version of Clippy.