So... What is Duke (java mascot)?

**drone13** · 01-24-2010, 07:09 AM

It's been bothering me about what duke is or how he came to be.

Is he a fat guy with a black dunce cap?
An anthropomorphic dinosaur tooth?
A gothic clown who was slammed in between the wall and door headfirst?

You guys know anything about him?

**bunz** · 02-09-2010, 09:40 PM

I know about him :D I just read about him in my study notes earlier.

...the team demonstrated a prototype remote control like device with a touch-screen sensitive screen called *7. When a user first touched, the screen, it displayed a cartoon world where a character named Duke, guided the user through a cartoon representation of the rooms of a house.

The team refers to Patrick Naughton, Bill Joy, James Gosling and three others (who were commissioned by Sun Microsystems to form a research group) Though that quote refers to the team minus James Gosling.

Duke the cartoon character is © Sun Microsystems.

Hope that clears it up for you :)