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The Save Our Dogcow Petition to Apple Computer Inc., written by Tom Buzzeo, reads:

"To:  Apple Computer Inc.

"In a current pre-release beta of Mac OS X, Apple mysteriously removed the beloved Clarus the Dogcow from not only the Printer setup/page options, but the entire system. I have been so distraught by this move that I am organizing a movement to bring back our beloved Clarus. It is my personal mission to see to it that Clarus gets put back in the System where she belongs. Apple values it's customers input and it is my hope that the resounding cries of Moof! from the public will be heard. Please fill out the small petition below to show your support and love of dogcattle everywhere.

(Dogcow and Clarus are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc.)

Sincerely,
The Undersigned

You can become one of The Undersigned by visiting here:
http://www.petitiononline.com/sod/petition.html

For benefit of Mac newbies and the uninitiated, the Dogcow is described by Mark "The Red" Harlan in an April 1989 Apple technote as:

"not all dog, nor are they all cow, but they are a special genetic hybrid. They are rarely seen in the wild. Since dogcows are two dimensional, they will stand facing a viewer "on edge" to avoid being seen.

"The dogcow has no natural enemies, but the meager population manages to keep itself in check through its own stupidity. They have a nasty tendency to graze off cliffs (in fact, there are no known "cliff-dwelling dogcows" left in existence) and to get lost in the weeds. You've probably noticed that when you cut very high grass, you tend to get a lot of "paper" in the grass clippings; closer examination would show that much of it is actually dogcow. When a mower approaches, dogcows often actually change their hide to resemble newspaper as a final line of defense--hence the famous expression, "black and white and read all over."

The dogcow's name is Clarus. Mark notes that Miss Manners says:

Gentle Reader,

You should only address a dogcow by name, and then only after it has spoken to you. Miss Manners would not consider "Moof!"a term of affection.

A picture of the dogcow first appeared in the Cairo font in the original Macintosh. The dogcow later moved over into LaserWriter driver 4.0.

This technote says that Tech Note 31 was the first description of the Dogcow. A Dogcow says, "Moof!".A newer version of this page is Technote 1031 which includes QuickTime VR movies.

The dogcow symbol and "Moof" are registered trademarks of Apple Computer.

And don't forget to do your bit to help save Clarus.

Charles W. Moore

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