From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 14 09:44:24 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 78C4016A4CE for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:44:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from engine140.deployzone.net (engine140.deployzone.net [193.17.85.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C835A43D2D for ; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:44:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chris@czv.com) Received: from adsl-212-90-218-5.cybernet.ch [212.90.218.5] by engine140.deployzone.net; Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:43:41 +0100 In-Reply-To: <42106B6A.9030109@nbritton.org> References: <736EAA55-5B8B-11D9-ACB2-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><20050102110732.GB861@zaphod.nitro.dk> <20050103232207.GA44980@gothmog.gr><9FC79942-5DE3-11D9-BEAB-000A95C969C6@zumbrunn.com><517329304.20050213155432@wanadoo.fr> <420FB80B.7040209@nbritton.org> <420FD36F.7050302@nbritton.org> <42106B6A.9030109@nbritton.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chris Zumbrunn Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 10:44:21 +0100 To: Nikolas Britton X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Rework of the FreeBSDwebsite[was:FreeBSD'sVisualIdentity:Outdated?] 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: Mon, 14 Feb 2005 09:44:24 -0000 On Feb 14, 2005, at 10:12 AM, Nikolas Britton wrote: > Nikolas Britton wrote: > >> Chris Zumbrunn wrote: >> >>> The point of all these logos was to show that while it would be >>> possible to go in that typical "more corporate" direction, >>> ultimately no such logo can beat Beastie. Here are some more... >>> >>> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap5.gif >>> http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freecrap4.gif >> >> I like 4... Can you humor me and make some mockups of some of the >> layouts here? (I'm useless without photoshop and now that I run 100% >> BSD at home I don't have it, until I get wine/ps working): >> http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/freebsdlogos1.png >> > umm here's the best I can do with GIMP... > http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/newlogo1_c.png > http://www.nbritton.org/uploads/newlogo1_gs.png Again, my point was, you can create two billion different incarnations of FreeBSD logos with pointy horns and tails - none of them will ever beat Beastie or its silhouette as the strategically most valuable logo choice. FreeBSD has no need to disassociate itself from its BSD history. To the contrary, it's "corporate identity" needs to celebrate that association. My little pointy horns and tails might be pretty, but they are not enough. Beastie always wins. No professional logo designer in their right mind would ever suggest to the FreeBSD project to drop that logo. http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freebsd.gif chris@czv.com +41 329 41 41 41 Chris Zumbrunn Ventures - http://www.czv.com/ Internet Application Technology - Reduced to the Maximum