Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 14:02:45 -0600 From: Shawn Harrison <harrison@tbc.net> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Public Image and Acceptance Message-ID: <42125565.7040300@tbc.net> In-Reply-To: <20050215184037.GB58593@fw.farid-hajji.net> References: <420C2C33.4020607@black-star.net> <20050215030014.GA53931@fw.farid-hajji.net> <42120E70.3040007@401.cx> <20050215184037.GB58593@fw.farid-hajji.net>
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cpghost@cordula.ws wrote [02/15/05 12:40 PM]: > This is exactly the point here. By calling for a logo competition, > the Project is mutating into a vendor. If that is really the idea, > a lot of problems could ensue, e.g. for the Foundation's non-profit > status etc... I think you're overstating it. Calling for a logo competition can arise from a concern about image, whether or not that concern is motivated by profit concerns (as with a vendor) or by public perception and image concerns. Every non-profit needs to be concerned with public perception and image. I agree with those who have stated that there is really no conflict between concern for the quality of the OS and concern for the public image of the OS. As has been stated, those who will fulfill these concerns are often different people -- those who make graphic designs of the website are usually different than those who write kernel modules (usually!). Shawn Harrison P.S. I think the logo competition is the best thing to happen for FreeBSD advocacy in a long time, judging from the conversation that it generated. This list was dead for the whole four months that I had been subscribed to it. -- ________________ harrison@tbc.net
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