Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 15:24:04 -0500 From: Julio Capote <jcapote@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo Contest Message-ID: <1108067044.658.12.camel@hatter.wonderland.dn> In-Reply-To: <299713472.20050210210055@wanadoo.fr> References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <1709665858.20050210101217@wanadoo.fr> <20050210114338.B30327@one.thequestion.net> <299713472.20050210210055@wanadoo.fr>
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Untrue, I know a NUMBER of emerging graphic artists, who would kill for this kind of exposure, and are much better than any commercialized firm I've seen. On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 21:00 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote: > Dave Wood writes: > > > Once the contest is offically launched, how do people feel about inviting > > a bunch of professional logo design companies to participate. The $500 > > prize won't convince them to partake, but the vast exposure almost > > certainly will. > > No, it won't. FreeBSD is small potatoes, and no design firm is going to > give away its work (which essentially tells clients that its work is > worthless). The old "the publicity is worth more than a fee" argument > is laughed at by serious graphic artists. >
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