From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 7 11:27:34 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 B839616A420 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:27:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from shrike.submonkey.net (cpc2-cdif2-0-0-cust107.cdif.cable.ntl.com [81.104.168.108]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF7B243D45 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:27:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ceri@submonkey.net) Received: from ceri by shrike.submonkey.net with local (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1FGaLk-000A18-3h; Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:27:32 +0000 Date: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 11:27:30 +0000 From: Ceri Davies To: "Marc G. Fournier" , FreeBSD questions Message-ID: <20060307112730.GI85550@submonkey.net> Mail-Followup-To: Ceri Davies , "Marc G. Fournier" , FreeBSD questions References: <20060306165900.L1227@ganymede.hub.org> <20060307111928.GH85550@submonkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="4eRLI4hEmsdu6Npr" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060307111928.GH85550@submonkey.net> X-PGP: finger ceri@FreeBSD.org User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: Ceri Davies Cc: Subject: Re: New logo, new look X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:27:34 -0000 --4eRLI4hEmsdu6Npr Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:19:28AM +0000, Ceri Davies wrote: > On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: > >=20 > > >On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" wrote: > > > > > >>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. > > > > > >The problem with that argument is that some people, including myself, = liked > > >the new logo. Since opinion is entirely subjective, you may as well s= hut > > >up. > >=20 > > Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tand= em?=20 > > I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I li= ke=20 > > 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= =20 > > (being associated with a demon) isn't still being made, since the new o= ne=20 > > *still* gives that same connotation ... > >=20 > > My preference is to keep using the old logo ("Beastie") on my web site,= =20 > > and I imagine there are others that feel the same way ... are we going = to=20 > > be "shunned" as a result? I would hope not ... >=20 > 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. Occurs to me that the meaning of "absolutely not" might not be that clear above: if you want to use Beastie on stuff, nobody will point at you or mutter behind your back. We, as in the FreeBSD project, will mainly be using the new one, as it will identify the FreeBSD project as opposed to just BSD in general like Beastie does. Ceri --=20 That must be wonderful! I don't understand it at all. -- Moliere --4eRLI4hEmsdu6Npr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.1 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEDW4iocfcwTS3JF8RAqlzAKCJqr/6lUwP99lCUqg4DTo/g6EXswCZAbjh NJXPSrY9SsVOgGG095RUraI= =YpR6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --4eRLI4hEmsdu6Npr--