From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 9 21:42:15 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 0E10416A4E6; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:42:15 +0000 (GMT) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (external.osdn.org.ua [212.40.34.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 16E9943D3F; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 21:42:14 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (never@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id j19Lg7TT032392; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:42:07 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: (from never@localhost) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.11/8.12.11/Submit) id j19Lg6L3032389; Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:42:06 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from never) Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:42:06 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko To: Robert Watson Message-ID: <20050209214206.GA21616@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.81, clamav-milter version 0.81b on kurush.osdn.org.ua X-Virus-Status: Clean cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo Contest 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: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 21:42:15 -0000 Hello, Robert Watson! On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:13:39PM +0000, you wrote: > > I'd like to voice my support for the logo competition. > > > > I was particularly pleased to read a comment on Daemon News that Beastie > > would remain the mascot and that the logo and mascot are being > > separated. I am hopeful that this comment was accurate. > > > > ...now, if I could only draw...... > > The comment is accurate. We'd like to get a logo we can provide to > companies that are willing to stick it on their products as "supporting > FreeBSD" -- while we all love the Daemon, we know that not every company > can stick it on their Ethernet card box or server support web page. The > intent is to keep Beastie as the Mascot, and you'll still see him all over > the place. I can't imagine that FreeBSD t-shirts will stop holding him, > let alone the large number of web pages, CDROM distributions, and so on. > And don't forget the stuffed animal Beasties :-). But I've already seen some products which represented Beastie as "Designed for FreeBSD" (actually they mean "Designed to be supported by FreeBSD" :). Heh, anyway, political correctness is a$$pain for me... > For entertainment value, I should scan in the anonymous letter I received > from someone in Kansas a few years ago. It compared the Beastie to using > Osama Bin Laden as the FreeBSD logo, and was CC'd to my company and > research sponsors. It's a classic :-). Of course, it wasn't appreciated > at work because this was a bit after the anthrax scare, and anonymous > mailed envelopes weren't real popular. :)) -- NEVE-RIPE, will build world for food Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/