Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:19:28 +0000 From: Ceri Davies <ceri@submonkey.net> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com, FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: New logo, new look Message-ID: <20060307111928.GH85550@submonkey.net> In-Reply-To: <20060306165900.L1227@ganymede.hub.org> References: <C0322FAD.970B%ceri@submonkey.net> <20060306165900.L1227@ganymede.hub.org>
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On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote:
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> >On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user@a1poweruser.com> wrote:
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> >>So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo.
> >>It sucks big time.
> >>
> >>When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good
> >>you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just
> >>closed the contest with no winner.
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> >The problem with that argument is that some people, including myself, li=
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> >the new logo. Since opinion is entirely subjective, you may as well shut
> >up.
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> Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tandem=
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> I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I like=
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> it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite=20
> frankly, after looking at the new one, I'm surprised the same arguments=
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> (being associated with a demon) isn't still being made, since the new one=
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> *still* gives that same connotation ...
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> My preference is to keep using the old logo ("Beastie") on my web site,=
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> and I imagine there are others that feel the same way ... are we going to=
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> be "shunned" as a result? I would hope not ...
Absolutely not - that was never the plan. Remember that Beastie
represents BSD as a whole, while the new logo will represent FreeBSD.
That's all it's about.
Ceri
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That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all.
-- Moliere
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