Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2005 23:42:06 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko <never@nevermind.kiev.ua> To: Robert Watson <rwatson@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logo Contest Message-ID: <20050209214206.GA21616@nevermind.kiev.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050209210847.26319Q-100000@fledge.watson.org> References: <200502091349.00708.algould@datawok.com> <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1050209210847.26319Q-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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Hello, Robert Watson! On Wed, Feb 09, 2005 at 09:13:39PM +0000, you wrote: > > I'd like to voice my support for the logo competition. > > > > I was particularly pleased to read a comment on Daemon News that Beastie > > would remain the mascot and that the logo and mascot are being > > separated. I am hopeful that this comment was accurate. > > > > ...now, if I could only draw...... > > The comment is accurate. We'd like to get a logo we can provide to > companies that are willing to stick it on their products as "supporting > FreeBSD" -- while we all love the Daemon, we know that not every company > can stick it on their Ethernet card box or server support web page. The > intent is to keep Beastie as the Mascot, and you'll still see him all over > the place. I can't imagine that FreeBSD t-shirts will stop holding him, > let alone the large number of web pages, CDROM distributions, and so on. > And don't forget the stuffed animal Beasties :-). But I've already seen some products which represented Beastie as "Designed for FreeBSD" (actually they mean "Designed to be supported by FreeBSD" :). Heh, anyway, political correctness is a$$pain for me... > For entertainment value, I should scan in the anonymous letter I received > from someone in Kansas a few years ago. It compared the Beastie to using > Osama Bin Laden as the FreeBSD logo, and was CC'd to my company and > research sponsors. It's a classic :-). Of course, it wasn't appreciated > at work because this was a bit after the anthrax scare, and anonymous > mailed envelopes weren't real popular. :)) -- NEVE-RIPE, will build world for food Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/
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