From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Feb 12 21:11:03 2005 Return-Path: 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 903E816A4CE; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:11:03 +0000 (GMT) Received: from rambo.401.cx (rambo.401.cx [80.65.205.166]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CF63143D39; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:11:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (rocky [192.168.200.2]) by rambo.401.cx (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j1CLB0rx038745; Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:11:00 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from listsub@401.cx) Message-ID: <420E7141.4020701@401.cx> Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 22:12:33 +0100 From: "Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (Windows/20041206) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Zumbrunn References: <420E5604.9040401@401.cx> <8c411210ef532a4d2d5fd69636632809@czv.com> <420E62DB.5050006@401.cx> <0892bf6a3cf2d8092e296157bbcb6148@czv.com> In-Reply-To: <0892bf6a3cf2d8092e296157bbcb6148@czv.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0506-1, 2005-02-11), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Instead of freebsd.com, why not... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 21:11:03 -0000 Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > > On Feb 12, 2005, at 9:11 PM, Roger 'Rocky' Vetterberg wrote: >> Maybe just the FreeBSD part and a couple of stylized horns over it, >> but that would mean Beastie would not be clearly visible and I dont >> know if I dare to suggest that. ;) > > > I agree something like this... > > http://top.ch/sitedata/freebsd/freehorns.gif > > ...would be possible as well. > > But personally, I think FreeBSD should celebrate some of its > idiosyncrasies - specially the ones that are representative of its BSD > UNIX tradition. To professionalize FreeBSD we would have to change its > name before we would "have to" drop Beastie as its logo. It's probably > even true that FreeBSD is more associated and recognized by its Beastie > logo than by its name - and I'm not kidding. > Totally agree, and thats why I suggest keeping Beastie as a mascot. Look at linux, everyone knows the linux penguin, but that doesnt stop RedHat, Caldera, Debian etc from having professional looking logos. And I think most of us agree that the reason RedHat is more accepted then FreeBSD in the commercial world is not due to its superior quality, stability or heritage, right? Maybe their more professional looking image has something to do with it? ;) -- R