Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 16:27:50 -0600 From: Shawn Harrison <harrison@tbc.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo Contest Message-ID: <420A8E66.8080703@tbc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050209210847.26319Q-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050209210847.26319Q-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Robert Watson wrote [02/09/05 3:13 PM]: > On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, Andrew L. Gould wrote: >> >> 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. > > 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 :-). I'm glad to hear this, because the announcement paragraph about "religious sensitivities" would certainly lead one to a different conclusion. If what you're saying is honest, then that paragraph is entirely beside the point. The real point is to have a professional looking _logo_ to _complement_ (not replace) the cute mascot. That makes sense. Replacing the mascot with something else for the reasons cited in that paragraph does not make sense. -- Shawn Harrison
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