Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2005 10:25:49 -0800 (PST) From: "Scott I. Remick" <scott@sremick.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo Contest Message-ID: <20050210182549.15605.qmail@web53601.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <200502101209.57299.algould@datawok.com>
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--- "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com> wrote: > __Anyone__ who can make a logo so good that it resolves this issue > deserves a place in FreeBSD history. Heh... it won't get resolved. There'll be a contest, there'll be a winner, there'll be a logo. But it won't get resolved. My prediction: there'll be 5 candidates. The winner will get 25% of the vote. The other 4 won't get more than that so the one with only 25% of the vote will become the winner, making only 25% of those who VOTED happy. Meanwhile, a large vocal group of non-voters will also be unhappy because they didn't like the logo, or the principle of the idea. I would love to be wrong though. :) I'm as attached to "Beastie" as the next guy, and it's hard for me to think of any "logo" or icon for FreeBSD other than him. However, I fully understand, appreciate, and agree with all the justifications for the need for a second "logo" in addition to "mascot". They're all true. Basically, we cannot both simultaneously be trying to win over businesses while at the same time ignoring the things that are important to businesses (such as image and marketability). There are reasons "Beastie" doesn't fit this, some technical, some not so. I've doodled a bit with stylized horns, pitchfork, and tail, but have not come up with anything remotely submitable. I had some ideas but could not get them even close to being something I was happy with. Anyhow, on a side note: I still think the www.freebsd.COM site is an excellent idea. Hopefully some people with the time and skills can pull it off. That is not me, but they get my vote and gratitude.
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