Platypus? Sure, why not, someone's already called OM a dinosaur!
george
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> Gary Schloss <schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on 16/10/98 09:20:57
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> Subject: Re: [OM] mouths and money
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> Gary Schloss spake thusly:
> ] >> Jim Loudon wrote:
> ] >>
> ] >> [snip]
> ] >> >Olympus seems to have placed the OM system on a remote
> ] >> >island, so to speak, and islands are evolutionary dead
> ] >> >ends.
> ] >>
> ] >Gary Schloss wrote:
> ] >>
> ] >> Great analogy, Jim. However, islands are also perfect
> ] >> habitats for preserving "endangered species", and as far
> ] >> as I'm concerned, the OM system is uniquely qualified
> ] >> to represent a photogear species defined as: "high-quality,
> ] >> comprehensive, and affordable modular 35mm SLR cameras".
> ] >> Sadly, this fabled category is nearing extinction.
> ] George Anderson wrote:
> ] >To continue the analogy, over time the OM system has/will
> ] >evolve in a different way than any other system because of its
> ] >island-like insularity. So perhaps the Galapagos Turtle is an
> ] >appropriate mascot/symbol?
> ] Hmm, I'd rather choose the kangaroo to represent the camera's
> ] unique and ingeneous design, as well as handling speed, or the
> ] koala bear -- to represent the OM system "cuteness", combined
> ] with the bad temper of its owners. :-)
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> Or, to continue the unique Australian fauna analogy further,
> maybe something more along the lines of a monotreme: an egg-laying
> mammal. Uniquely adapted to its environment
>
> Platypus, anyone?
>
> duncan
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