Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 19:53:59 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Joshua Tinnin <krinklyfig@spymac.com> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: The FreeBSD Project is announcing a public competition for the new logo design. ???? Message-ID: <420A6A57.5020702@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200502091144.23145.krinklyfig@spymac.com> References: <420A4781.8080002@yahoo.com.br> <420A5898.2010508@freebsd.org> <200502091144.23145.krinklyfig@spymac.com>
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Joshua Tinnin wrote: > On Wednesday 09 February 2005 10:38 am, Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> > wrote: >> I see that NetBSD and OpenBSD have already dropped Beastie - the >> latter adopting a butt-ugly fish (the style of which implies bloated >> fatware to me). > > Oh, I hardly see it that way. Do you think OpenBSD is "bloated fatware?" No, just my interpretation of what the logo _could_ be seen to represent. > I think anyone who understands security enough to be interested in > OpenBSD knows why Puffy is a blowfish. > Ah, so that's what it is. Never was much good at ichthyology ;-) Still looks butt-ugly though. Mark >> Beastie has been the BSD symbol for nearly 17 years (based on Kirk's >> copyright date of 1988) and, as far as I'm concerned it always will >> be. > > I agree with most of what you said, but, hey, no need to slag on Puffy. > I think he distinguishes OpenBSD and emphasizes its primary strength. > > - jt > --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0506-0, 08/02/2005 Tested on: 09/02/2005 19:54:00 avast! - copyright (c) 2000-2004 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
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