Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:26:22 -0000 From: Tim Greening-Jackson <timgreeningjackson@gmail.com> To: <freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: New logo and business acceptance Message-ID: <43bd56d5.7f1bd5bf.6be7.ffffa22e@mx.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <48233.10.201.0.200.1136416836.squirrel@goulphar.roullier.net>
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Hey Christophe! I hate to say it, but a logo is exactly the sort of superficial nonsense that would help. You would be amazed how a lot of decision-makers think (I speak as one who has spent several years working for various marketing departments). Years ago I knew that DEC were doomed when they announced with great fanfare that they had changed their logo from purple to blue (or was it the other way round) because blue was a "business to business color". If logos, straplines etc. can sell all the products we don't need, think what they could do to FreeBSD ;). Tim Manchester, UK > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd- > advocacy@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Christophe RAMON > Sent: 04 January 2006 23:21 > To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org > Subject: New logo and business acceptance > > I read that "A new logo for FreeBSD should make the product more > acceptable fo business purposes". Do IT professionals really choose an OS > (or not) partly because of its logo ? Should ORACLE (and others) be more > interested in porting their products to FreeBSD when beastie leaves the > scene ? > I think it is dangerous (at least for the survival of our favorite mascot > !) to have a logo (the result of the contest) and a mascot (good old > beastie) at the same time ... Shouldn't FreeBSD community keep beastie as > the mascot and "FreeBSD" (written in whatever style or police, like > ORACLE, IBM and so many others do) for its logo ? > Hide the devil if it helps FreeBSD advocacy, but don't kill it ! > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-advocacy- > unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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