From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 2 15:46:37 2005 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 9BDFE16A41F for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 15:46:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from aiolos.otenet.gr (aiolos.otenet.gr [195.170.0.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5478C43D67 for ; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 15:46:32 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: from flame.pc (aris.bedc.ondsl.gr [62.103.39.226]) by aiolos.otenet.gr (8.13.4/8.13.4/Debian-1) with SMTP id jA2FkUvR005550; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:46:31 +0200 Received: from flame.pc (flame [127.0.0.1]) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id jA2FkR70003052; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:46:27 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Received: (from keramida@localhost) by flame.pc (8.13.4/8.13.4/Submit) id jA2FkQ5e003051; Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:46:26 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from keramida@ceid.upatras.gr) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:46:26 +0200 From: Giorgos Keramidas To: martin@orbweavers.co.uk Message-ID: <20051102154626.GA2986@flame.pc> References: <20051101193923.GB8134@teddy.fas.com> <200511020007.28460.danny@ricin.com> <3cf08c810511011520rf779b1fy8343bf78232137dc@mail.gmail.com> <1931.217.37.3.201.1130935789.squirrel@www.orbweavers.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1931.217.37.3.201.1130935789.squirrel@www.orbweavers.co.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Logo 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: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:46:37 -0000 On 2005-11-02 12:49, martin@orbweavers.co.uk wrote: >> On 11/1/05, Danny Pansters wrote: >>> On Tuesday 1 November 2005 19:39, stan wrote: >>> > YUK!!!!!!!!! >>> >>> OK I will honestly tell you my first reaction: I laughed until I fell >>> off my >>> chair. Then I put my hand in front of my mouth and whispered OMG. >> >> This logo is so bad, especially from a marketing perspective, that it >> is almost laughable. I hope it disappears quickly. Whoever did this >> was not a professional graphic designer who knows marketeting and what >> a logo is for. Sorry to be so brutal. > > I think the critism is a bit harsh. Any logo for FreeBSD is going to be an > lossing battle - how do you please the beastie fans who don't want > anything radically different, and those that want a more 'professional' > logo. I think this logo does the job very well, all beastie fans can > immediatly recognise it for what it is, while someone who is unaware (i.e. > the PHB) will only see it as a generic logo. I am not 100% convinced, but if you say so. It seems to be that the religious fundamentalist who thinks Beastie is "the Devil", or something, will sooner or later look at the new logo and think: ``It looks like a head. A horned head. A red, horned head. OH MY FRIGGIN' GOD! THAT'S THE DEVIL HIMSELF!'' Then all the fuss about a new logo has been in vain :(