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Date:      Thu, 10 Feb 2005 12:21:35 +0800
From:      Erich Dollansky <oceanare@pacific.net.sg>
To:        "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
Cc:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Logo Contest
Message-ID:  <420AE14F.6050104@pacific.net.sg>
In-Reply-To: <200502092210.39490.algould@datawok.com>
References:  <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <420ACD5E.3030708@pacific.net.sg> <200502092210.39490.algould@datawok.com>

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Hi,

Andrew L. Gould wrote:
> On Wednesday 09 February 2005 08:56 pm, Erich Dollansky wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>this all sounds like a very stupid idea to me.
>>
>>This also sounds like the effort in the EU banning the swastika not
>>seeing that some two billion people using it as a religious symbol.
> 
> 
> No.  Your statement would be correct if Beastie were losing his status 
> as the mascot.  Beastie is retaining his status as the mascot.
> 
Beastie is losing its status as a logo.
> 
>>I never ever heard that a company has chosen a product because of its
>>logo.
>>
>>Do you believe that Windows is this successful because of its logo?
>>
>>Erich
>>
> 
> 
> FreeBSD has a powerful, serious, professional side that Beastie does not 

Do above attributes apply to the logo of the most successful software 
package known as Windows?

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/default.mspx

> All religious and Political Correctness issues aside, do you have any 
> objections to a more complete and accurate image for FreeBSD?
> 
FreeBSD already has this image.

Erich



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