Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 00:33:11 -0800 From: Beech Rintoul <beech@alaskaparadise.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Jonathan Horne <jhorne@dfwlp.com>, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo Message-ID: <200605100033.28581.beech@alaskaparadise.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEOMFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEOMFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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--nextPart18523549.mrk3THELta Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Wednesday 10 May 2006 00:18, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Jonathan Horne > >Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:23 PM > >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo > > > > > >i dont mind saying that i think i must be about the only one > >who likes the > >new art. i think its very modern looking, crisp and abreviated, > >un-childish, but at the same time not too serious or ominous. > > > >ive actually thought about printing out some examples of both versions, > >carrying it down to our artists in our print studio, and "taste testing" > >them with professional artists who couldnt give one care about anything > >technical. *shrug* would be an interesting experiment, to say > >the least. > > Someone already posted a professional analysis. The summary was that > the new logo was amateurish with some serious flaws. Amateurish because > a ball is about the easiest thing you can produce in Photoshop and very > unoriginal. Serious flaws because due to all the shading this logo is > impossible to accurately reproduce on small items like business cards, > and on larger items the shading makes it very expensive to reproduce due > to the number of colors used. > > At the end of the day you need to ask yourself, will having this logo > help FreeBSD to sell more copies? That's the litmus test that is used > for logos - after all if it does not help market penetration, it's a big > waste of time. The problem here is that FreeBSD is noncommercial so the > question is rather a moot issue. In short, the Project needed a new logo > like a boar needs teats. > > Ted To me it looks like something that would be associated with an inexpensive= =20 kids toy company, not a professional OS. Just my $.02 Beech =2D-=20 =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - beech@alaskaparadise.com /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com =2D------------------------------------------------------------------------= =2D------------- --nextPart18523549.mrk3THELta Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBEYaVYp5D0B1NlT4URAl1hAJ9nkCWJY6cL9x9U0UiRRLbR4cSMqACfRseD doyLezhNa630MENYtbL2zgk= =7aac -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart18523549.mrk3THELta--
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