Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1999 14:15:11 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us> Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: FreeBSD Friendly Icon Message-ID: <XFMail.990418141511.jobaldwi@vt.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9904181247080.33609-100000@mail.wolves.k12.mo.us>
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On 18-Apr-99 Chris Dillon wrote: > On Sun, 18 Apr 1999 paul@originative.co.uk wrote: >> > > What, may I ask, was wrong with the cover image from the 2.2 >> > > CDs? >> > >> > There was nothing "wrong" with it, we just saw a need for a little >> > variety and we'd been using the same image for a couple of years. OK, >> > so perhaps a tail-less waiter wasn't the best idea for a replacement >> > we've ever had, but I'm still more than keen to see alternative images >> > (and put out a call for same long before I ever contracted for the >> > waiter/news/bug/docs/release related images). Everyone seems to like >> > the others, FWIW, just the waiter has been "contraversial." >> >> I didn't see the other thread on the waiter image but the impression it gave >> us here was of someone working at McDonalds, not generally a highly >> respected image :-) I think it was the coke like container he was carrying >> more than anything that gave that impression rather than the waiter concept. >> To be honest, I hadn't actually noticed he was tailess. >> > > Hmm... maybe if he was carrying a computer or CDROM or something else > computer-related on the tray, rather than a soda? I do think the > image fits the "Power to Serve" theme, but not with the soda. > > Make it something that looks really heavy with him holding it up > with one arm and it'll show just what kind of "power" we have. :-) A > "fully-loaded" server chassis perhaps. How about a drawing of wcarchive? Would be entirely accurate and truthful. --- John Baldwin <jobaldwi@vt.edu> -- http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/ PGP Key: http://members.freedomnet.com/~jbaldwin/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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