On Tue, 20 Sep 2005, Peter W. Draper wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Norman Gray wrote:
>
> > Peter mentioned:
> >
> > > My recollection is that we had a "design the Starlink logo"
> > > competition,
> > > and this was the result of that. I believe the "winner" was Martin
> > > Clayton, one of the programmers at that time. David B., Malcolm
> > > care to
> > > confirm or deny this?
> >
> > I vaguely remember that, too, but couldn't pin down a date. This'll
> > be in the Chronicle, won't it? Where is that -- I remember it was
> > Duncan who added the last entries to it, wasn't it? Shouldn't it be
> > in CVS, perhaps in /star/admin?
>
> The Chronicle is in the Wiki, but I don't see any mention of this
> competition (nor from a quick scan of my Starlink Bulletins). The wayback
> machine shows this logo in use back in '97, but it only goes back to '96
> anyway.
>
> > > Either way it must be ours to do with as we like.
> >
> > Well, it's CCLRC's to do with as they like -- do you fancy getting
> > them to sign the paperwork?
>
> No, naturally my "we" was the Starlink inclusive one.
Talking of graphics, it would be nice to see the Captain making an
appearance in the Wikipedia entry.
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Mark Taylor Astronomical Programmer Physics, Bristol University, UK
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