Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 11:11:21 -0400 From: "David Stanford" <dthomas53@gmail.com> To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm@toybox.placo.com> Cc: reflex@rotten.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo Message-ID: <f2c91f770605130811y6b36043br81f14e7d55bd2f10@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEPAFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> References: <f2c91f770605110532ta36c814me0930d5c38a52b95@mail.gmail.com> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNMEPAFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>
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On 5/13/06, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote: > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of David Stanford > >Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2006 5:32 AM > >To: reflex@rotten.com > >Cc: questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: New FreeBSD logo > > > > > >Why, oh why, would you post this? > > > >So help me to understand...The FreeBSD Project takes great effort in > >not only producing a truly _great_ operating system, trademarked as > >being fast, robust, stable and secure, provides it to the world for > >_free_, but also takes on the additional chore of attempting to > >promote its growth in the corporate market by introducing a new > >logo...and then some, all for the community. And your repayment is to > >aid in these, now, endless rants of verbal bashing of the Project's > >logo, which had an obvious goal of gaining wider popularity among > >busnesses for the purposes of making it bigger and better for, yes, > >_you_ and every other one of its users. > > Your missing something - "they" didn't ask all us users if we wanted > a new logo or not. I wasn't aware they had to (?). >Maybe I'm going out on a limb > >here, and maybe I'm solo dangling out there on it, but I feel a need > >to say something in defense. They spent > > they wasted IYOO > much valued donation money for > >the logo and in legal fees, I'm sure, to obtain it, so I would assume > >(and hope) it's here to stay. > > Unlikely. Most corporate logos change every 10-20 years or so. Some > also have a raft of logos. For example Chrysler used to use the > medallion for it's logo. Then they switched to the pentagram. Now > they are back to the medallion and it's been redone. AT&T has also > changed logos, they used to use the bell then the Death Star, now > they are using a modifed Death Star. Fads and fashions > in logos come and go. The current FreBSD sex toy logo is very > much a current fashion, as abstract logos like that are all the > rage now. But it's just going to get dated all the faster for that. You have entirely too much time on your hands. But my statement meant that = I hoped the Project isn't swayed out of using the logo because of childish posts such as these. >Furthermore, by continuing to post > >threads like this you (and others) are hardly contributing to the > >Project (or this list) and, in fact, are doing the exact opposite - > >you are attempting to destroy the new logo's image by imaturely > >calling it a "sex toy" and in turn are slowly taking away from those > >precious dollars put into aquiring it. > > Why throw more good money after bad? Not sure I know what this means. However, I would love to hear how this, among your *many* other posts, has contributed to this list. >Maybe it's not the greatest > >logo, but, regardless, the logo doesn't affect the code. Try to keep > >that in mind. FreeBSD is a gift. And anyone who doesn't see that > >should take another look at Microsoft's pricing options for a simple > >Home edition of XP (now $99, five years after its initial release). > >Please do the community a favor: Just say thanks and move along. > > > > The community doesen't want the new logo and the majority of the > community > prefers Beastie over the sex-toy. You speak for the community? >**Of course, this was not aimed at the general community, but more > >specifically at the folks wasting everyone's inbox space the past few > >days with this nonsense.** > > > > like yourself? Agreed, and this will be my last post on the subject - though, I'm sure it won't be yours... Ted > > -David
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