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Mascot Naming Contest

Have you see the totally cool new ads for Windows server 2008 at http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2008/en/us/serverunleashed/default.html ?

This is one of the best things I think I've ever seen our Marketing dept ever developed and they feature this awesome looking robot:

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3 cheers to the superstars in Microsoft Marketing!

I just LOVE this guy!  I've decided to declare him the informal PowerShell mascot.  Stick a flag on him - he's ours.  :-)

After all, what conveys automation better than a robot? 

The problem is that I can't think of a good name for him.  That's where you come in.  What should we name him?  (I'm open to being convinced that it is a her but if you watch the way this thing moves, I think you'll agree that it is a guy).

There is no prize besides fame and our eternal goodwill but it is a worthy thing to contribute to. 

Jeffrey Snover [MSFT]
Windows Management Partner Architect
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Published Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:04 AM by PowerShellTeam

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# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Emma's submission -- Autobot

Aidan's submission -- Shrinky Pig 2000

Monday, March 03, 2008 11:23 PM by bob kelly (and family)

# "PowerShell Pete"

My submission: "PowerShell Pete"

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:03 AM by marco.shaw

# Jeffrey Snover застолбил робота :)

Этот робот с рекламного сайта Windows 2008 теперь является талисманом (”mascot”) PowerShell’а :) ...

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:52 AM by PowerShell и другие скрипты

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

I'd keep the name in the PowerShell commandlet format. I was thinking something like Ted-PowerShell.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:36 AM by Hugo Peeters

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Why not call him 'PoSH'?  'PoSH the Robot' has a nice ring to it.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:42 AM by Geoff Taylor

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

It's pretty obvious that he's already been labeled "IT 24-7" (Schproder to his friends).

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:35 AM by Stuart P. Bentley

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

How about calling it 'Shelley'.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:36 AM by Dr Herbie

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Excuse me?  It's just a friggin' robot.  Let's not slobber all over our blogs about a product that nobody is going to use in real production until Service Pack 1 arrives, probably early 2009.  Study it. Sure.  Understand it. Sure.  But keep your panties dry for cryin' out loud. :-)

Excuse me.  I have some SharePoint workflow code to write now.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:36 AM by Fred Morrison

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

a PoSHy Bot !

Greetings /\/\o\/\/

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:50 AM by /\/\o\/\/

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

How about:

Automator

Oh wait . . .

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:54 AM by Anon

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Probably not very creative, by I like PowerBot.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:33 AM by David

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

How about PoSH Spice.

Ähmm, maybe that's already in use so not a good idea.

No, it's a PoSH-Bot.

a roPoSH?

;-)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:53 AM by Jens

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Maybe, Robbie ?

Or something link get-name?

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:44 AM by Daniel

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Ok, "The Scripting Guy" team has Dr. Scripto

This could be something like "AShellErator"

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:57 AM by Geo

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Being this a Microsoft world, I would also suggest something like:

Microsoft Interactive Humanoid 2008 Ultimate Edition

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:32 AM by David

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Server Unleashed; sounds like the force; good at dealing with challenges directly or dealing with them using the force(wireless would be the closest thing for computers); My recommendation is:

Silvertooth

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:49 AM by Chris Sergent

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Silvertooth's father was a server, and Silvertooth wanted to become a server like his father, with more power than you can possibly imagine.

This is his domain.

Giving a little history to the name; hope nobody has a bad feeling about this.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:20 PM by Chris S.

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Anything will do except the stupid "Android" :)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 12:30 PM by Fred

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Marvin, from the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:22 PM by Andy Puchrik

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

How do you know it's a he?  What about Shelley...

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:02 PM by anthonw

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Since you were obviously not amused by my first ... How about " Itisnoveryet " ...

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:49 PM by TWNZ

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

My Submission - Poshy or maybe Poshobot or even just Poshbot.

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:04 PM by ChrisW

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Power-Guy

Shiny

PSJOB-94537

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:20 PM by Richard

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Another one: rbtlet (read robotlet or botlet)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:51 PM by David

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

"Manage Max", or just Max for short.  As in Maximum.

A trilogy of suggested movie titles:

1. Manage Max

2. The Shell Warrior

3. Manage Max: Beyond GUIdome

......

Another idea -- direct from the 1979 movie "The Black Hole": Maximilian Shell

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 4:59 PM by Kirk Freiheit

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Being Irish, I thought:

Tom O'Tonne.

"Tonne" being a play on a metric tonne, him being a giant bulky robot of death etc, and of course when you say it out loud...

;-)

- Oisin

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:53 PM by Oisin Grehan

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

It's already got a name - IT 24-7.

I've got "Shell Host - IT Hang On Tight!", but the acronym might upset some people! :-)

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:21 PM by stryqx

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

After watching the preview, another name:

Shellfire

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:43 PM by Chris Sergent

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Silvertooth: "You don't know the power of the Server. Join me and we will link the world together."

Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:20 PM by Chris Sergent

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

How about: APower (Automation Power).

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:07 AM by Dong Xie

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Master Shell: the command version of Halo's Master Chief

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:40 AM by Yves Jacmans

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Bender!

It's a better name for such "hardware"!

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 7:56 AM by PPord

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Sophisticated

Acceleration

Automation

Mascot

SAAM

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 10:41 AM by Derek Meier

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Ok, I still like Zen, but I just watched some more of the videos and came up with another name that might be more appropriate: Dexter.

Meet Dexter. IT zen.

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 11:20 AM by Poshoholic

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

You should call him Power Bill

/jvb

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 1:24 PM by Johan von Boisman

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Mine seems to have gone missing

Robot Powell

Wednesday, March 05, 2008 3:25 PM by Rob Kenny

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Obviously, it's name is Blade! ;-)

Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:06 AM by n4cer

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Uhhm...... How bout

MO NAD  

or

MO for short.

Thursday, March 06, 2008 9:01 AM by Stating the Obvious

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

I think these comments illustrate why mascots are best left to products marketed to children.

Thursday, March 06, 2008 12:07 PM by Anon

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Hey, where did my entry go?

I really liked Powie

Thursday, March 06, 2008 2:14 PM by Rick

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Slash...powered by Windows Powershell

Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:01 PM by Dus

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Talking about Monads... Why not name him Leibniz?

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried_Leibniz]

--

greetings

dreeschkind

Thursday, March 06, 2008 5:47 PM by dreeschkind

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Powie is nice! But is it true, that there is a way of installation of the server without gui AND without powershell? Why is that?

Saturday, March 08, 2008 3:19 PM by Dany

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Maybe Tera Mips... or HiTee... or Darth Server... ;-)

Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:59 PM by Jean G.

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Bender!

don't try to find a name for him, Bender is a real name jf him.

Saturday, March 15, 2008 4:22 PM by TDS

# Microsoft the Contest Machine

NOTE: If you've been forwarded a link to this blog post, it's likely that one of your colleagues thinks

Monday, March 17, 2008 6:04 PM by Dan Fernandez's Blog

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

Kirk Freiheit; you think way too much like me.  Scary good.

How about;

Ace - (Automate Create Evolve)

BOOSM - (Best Object Oriented Scripting Mechanism)

Friday, March 21, 2008 7:16 PM by lrbell

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

I think we should name him "Pipeline"

Tuesday, March 25, 2008 7:48 AM by Jonathan Walz

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

What about "Archie" or "ArchiPower" or "ArchiePower".  After all, he was invented by Archi(e)tects.

Sunday, March 30, 2008 5:27 PM by Shala Mullis

# re: Mascot Naming Contest

SPLENDID TO INVITE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE NAME FROM END USERS. HOW ABOUT-

-ITNOID

-ATLAS

-HERCULES

-MICRONOID

BYE

Sunday, April 13, 2008 11:19 PM by L.PRAVEEN KUMAR

# mascot

i love the mascot of the pocket monster very nice...!

Thursday, October 09, 2008 5:13 AM by mascot

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