From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 10 00:47:29 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 BAC3C16A4CE for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:47:29 +0000 (GMT) Received: from dsl-mail.kamp.net (mail.kamp-dsl.de [195.62.99.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 565F843D2D for ; Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:47:28 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from farid.hajji@ob.kamp.net) Received: (qmail 5557 invoked by uid 513); 10 Feb 2005 00:47:27 -0000 Received: from 213.146.115.42 by dsl-mail (envelope-from , uid 89) with qmail-scanner-1.24 (clamdscan: 0.80/609. spamassassin: 2.60. Clear:RC:1(213.146.115.42):. Processed in 0.037006 secs); 10 Feb 2005 00:47:27 -0000 Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (farid.hajji%ob.kamp.net@213.146.115.42) by dsl-mail.kamp.net with SMTP; 10 Feb 2005 00:47:27 -0000 Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 01:43:13 +0100 From: Farid Hajji To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050210004313.GA19539@fw.farid-hajji.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Subject: Logo contest, and lessons from the XFree86 debacle 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: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 00:47:29 -0000 What's wrong with Beastie being the logo as well as the mascot? It's been BSD's most prominent brand since the very beginning. Changing this now is absolutely insane from a PR's POV. This logo contest idea should never have popped up in the first place. BSD and FreeBSD have never caved in to popularity issues but choose to stick to technical excellence. *This* has been truly professional. Sadly, that new-fangled pseudo-marketroid speak is a bad omen for the future of FreeBSD. Remember what happened with the XFree86 project as they choose to change their license terms without community support? Now we have X.org and most relevant developers moved there, just because XFree86's Mgmt failed to address the community's concerns appropriately. Please don't make the same mistake with FreeBSD. There's a lot to lose at stake. Thanks, -Farid Hajji. (pushing FreeBSD in the corporate world since version 2.0).