From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed May 10 08:33:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2993216A405 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 08:33:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from beech@alaskaparadise.com) Received: from pinnacle.akherb.com (60-105-237-24.gci.net [24.237.105.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AC11E43D48 for ; Wed, 10 May 2006 08:33:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from beech@alaskaparadise.com) Received: by pinnacle.akherb.com (Postfix, from userid 1007) id 0AB725D45; Wed, 10 May 2006 00:33:32 -0800 (AKDT) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.1 (2006-03-10) on pinnacle.akherb.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.1.1 Received: from [192.168.241.106] (7-137-58-66.gci.net [66.58.137.7]) by pinnacle.akherb.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F31FE5D09; Wed, 10 May 2006 00:33:30 -0800 (AKDT) From: Beech Rintoul Organization: Alaska Paradise To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 00:33:11 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart18523549.mrk3THELta"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200605100033.28581.beech@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: Jonathan Horne , Ted Mittelstaedt Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 08:33:33 -0000 --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--