Haiku
| Haiku | |
| File:Haiku.jpg | |
| Character Information | |
|---|---|
| Common Names | Haiku |
| Other Names | Tiger-sama |
| Appearance | |
| Design | |
| Creator | iDarbert |
| First Appearance | DeviantArt |
| Technical Information | |
| System Personified | Haiku OS |
| Developer(s) | Haiku Inc. |
| Debut | Not released yet |
| Latest release | v10.4.10 (June 20, 2003) |
Haiku(-tan) is the personification of the Haiku OS Operating System, the open source successor of BeOS. She was originally designed as a tan for the BeOS Operating System, but it was later changed into a personification of its Open Source successor, Haiku OS.
She is the daughter of BeOS and has a twin sister, Zeta, who looks identical to her except for her personality.
Haiku is cheerful, friendly and energetic, but is also lazy when it comes to work - resembling the extraordinary potential of the Haiku OS project which doesn't currently live up to his potential. She is friends with almost anyone except Linux who hates her de-inhibited behavior and is particularly fond of Tiger, to the extreme that she actually develops a crush on her.
Her appearance has varied over the early designs, who featured her dressed in shorts and a sweater with the BeOS logo and the words Be Yourself written in it. The sweater and shorts was later dropped in favor of a light shirt featuring the same slogan and logo and a miniskirt, somewhat resembling a schoolgirl outfit, variations of this outfit is the current Haiku look.
Every design features bee antennae on her head and a pair of insect wings on her back (though their size varies from picture to picture), early versions also featured a stinger.