From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 22:42:49 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CFB616A4CE for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:42:49 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net (smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net [209.86.89.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 02F5143D2F for ; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 22:42:49 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from [206.255.31.21] (helo=[192.168.63.10]) by smtpauth03.mail.atl.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-MD5:128) (Exim 4.34) id 1Cz0Xo-0005oI-G9; Wed, 09 Feb 2005 17:42:48 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 16:43:15 -0600 User-Agent: KMail/1.6.2 References: <420A8E66.8080703@tbc.net> In-Reply-To: <420A8E66.8080703@tbc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200502091643.15882.algould@datawok.com> X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69563f9fea00a6dd62bc91f54d2665343800cd2ee8c9b21c69b3350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 206.255.31.21 Subject: Re: Logo Contest X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 22:42:49 -0000 On Wednesday 09 February 2005 04:27 pm, Shawn Harrison wrote: > Robert Watson wrote [02/09/05 3:13 PM]: > > On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Andrew L. Gould wrote: > >> I was particularly pleased to read a comment on Daemon News that > >> Beastie would remain the mascot and that the logo and mascot are > >> being separated. I am hopeful that this comment was accurate. > > > > The comment is accurate. We'd like to get a logo we can provide to > > companies that are willing to stick it on their products as > > "supporting FreeBSD" -- while we all love the Daemon, we know that > > not every company can stick it on their Ethernet card box or server > > support web page. The intent is to keep Beastie as the Mascot, and > > you'll still see him all over the place. I can't imagine that > > FreeBSD t-shirts will stop holding him, let alone the large number > > of web pages, CDROM distributions, and so on. And don't forget the > > stuffed animal Beasties :-). > > I'm glad to hear this, because the announcement paragraph about > "religious sensitivities" would certainly lead one to a different > conclusion. If what you're saying is honest, then that paragraph is > entirely beside the point. > > The real point is to have a professional looking _logo_ to > _complement_ (not replace) the cute mascot. That makes sense. > Replacing the mascot with something else for the reasons cited in > that paragraph does not make sense. > > -- > Shawn Harrison I think that hits the nail on the head; but that's not the message that got out. I've been reading the fallout both on this list and freebsd-questions. There's a lot of unnecessary heat out there. Can an "official someone" send out an official message emphasizing the following: 1. Beastie is the mascot. This will remain unchanged. 2. We need a professional logo, separately and regardless of PC (Political Correctness) issues. I would suggest that the message go out to freebsd-questions (as an answer to appropriate threads) in addition to the regular announcement channels. Thanks, Andrew Gould