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Date:      Wed, 9 Feb 2005 13:57:50 -0600
From:      "Andrew L. Gould" <algould@datawok.com>
To:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Cc:        Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: The FreeBSD Project is announcing a public competition for the new logo design. ????
Message-ID:  <200502091357.50455.algould@datawok.com>
In-Reply-To: <420A6A57.5020702@freebsd.org>
References:  <420A4781.8080002@yahoo.com.br> <200502091144.23145.krinklyfig@spymac.com> <420A6A57.5020702@freebsd.org>

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On Wednesday 09 February 2005 01:53 pm, Mark Ovens wrote:
> 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

Yes, and Windows 98 was soooo inviting!  Sometimes, ugly is good.



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