New Logo

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On Nov 1, 2005, at 11:13 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

>>
>> And I am not trying to argue and make claims about how inexcusable it
>> is either.  I merely pointed out to Ted that he is not in the FreeBSD
>> project and therefore does not have say.
>>
>
> Chad this is bullshit.  First of all the ENTIRE point of this new  
> logo is
> to increase USE of FreeBSD among the people that allegedly will not
> use it because of religious "devil" objections.  IN SHORT, this logo
> is FOR THE USERS, NOT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE PROJECT.

This is factually incorrect.

The purpose of having a logo to replace the mascot as a logo was to  
project a more professional image.  And that is for the people in the  
project who want to see FreeBSD taken more seriously as well as for  
the users.

Beastie is a toy and unprofessional.  He is fun and can be a great  
mascot.  But he is not a logo.

As a similar example:  Apple Computer used to have a nice multi- 
colored Apple logo.  It was nice, but kind of toy-like and got old.   
Apple replaced it with a much more professional looking modernized  
one-color version.  There was nothing wrong with the old version  
except that it got old and dated and looked unprofessional and more  
toy-like.

Same (generally speaking) is needed with FreeBSD.  FreeBSD needs to  
take a step upwards and become more professional looking.  So think a  
lot of users and obviously project members.  There is a minority who  
is offended by Beastie.  I can't help that.  A logo coincidentally  
solves their problem as well, but that is not the main point.  If you  
think so you need to pull your head out of your dogmatic sandpile.

Chad


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