From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 21:48:37 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 D1F6316A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:48:37 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtpx.spintech.ro (smtpx.spintech.ro [81.181.24.231]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7467343D39 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:48:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from aanton@spintech.ro) Received: from smtpx.spintech.ro (antivirus [15.0.0.1]) by smtpx.spintech.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id 018F03A53C for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:30:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [10.0.0.2] (beastie [10.0.0.2]) by smtpx.spintech.ro (Postfix) with ESMTP id C32023A510 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:30:22 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <420D2837.8020702@spintech.ro> Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 23:48:39 +0200 From: Alin-Adrian Anton User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20041229) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org References: <3eb7abf62bd14b74a7ce8eaa32f31efb@czv.com> <420CE63B.7090509@rakhesh.com> <1c4c28d5cc6f041c3734c39c31bddecf@czv.com> In-Reply-To: <1c4c28d5cc6f041c3734c39c31bddecf@czv.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.89.5.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Open-Source: www.opensource.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo and website design 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: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:48:37 -0000 Chris Zumbrunn wrote: > On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:07 PM, Rakhesh Sasidharan wrote: > >> Nice. Pleasant colors, simple layout. :)) >> >> Just one point that struck me though -- the way the words "FreeBSD" >> are written on the top-left corner. "Free" and "BSD" separated like >> that. Dunno, gave me the feeling that a first-timer could get the >> impression this is about a BSD that is Free (money-wise). Just my 2cents. > > > This really is a drawback of the FreeBSD name - however you write it. > You are just used to seeing FreeBSD so much that you do not notice it > anymore. When somebody new to FreeBSD first reads "FreeBSD" for the > first time, they have the exact same experience that you just had when > you saw this new logo for the first time. > > I thought about this when I was designing it, too - and I'm convinced > that the way FREE and BSD are both emphasized in different ways by this > design is a good thing. Both interpretations of FREE are true, of > course, so both are allowed. And BSD is also emphasized in an equal way, > which communicates clearer that this is not Linux - that the roots and > the philosophy of this project are based on BSD UNIX and the BSD license. > > Chris Hi, Just some pseudo-random thoughts: When I looked at the "new logo" i first noticed FREE, then I noticed BSD. I asked myself where are the missing bars imprisoning the Berkley Software Daemon? FreeBSD is famous for it's jail mechanism. Unleash the Daemon :) Just a bit of humour, perhaps crap. Maybe it rings a bell to someone, if not, please forgive and ignore. :) The website looks pro. Yours Sincerely, -- Alin-Adrian Anton GPG keyID 0x183087BA (B129 E8F4 7B34 15A9 0785 2F7C 5823 ABA0 1830 87BA) gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0x183087BA "It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong." - Voltaire