New logo, new look

[Ceri Davies]

On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote:
> 
> >On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <fbsd_user at a1poweruser.com> wrote:
> >
> >>So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo.
> >>It sucks big time.
> >>
> >>When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good
> >>you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just
> >>closed the contest with no winner.
> >
> >The problem with that argument is that some people, including myself, liked
> >the new logo.  Since opinion is entirely subjective, you may as well shut
> >up.
> 
> Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tandem? 
> I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I like 
> it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite 
> frankly, after looking at the new one, I'm surprised the same arguments 
> (being associated with a demon) isn't still being made, since the new one 
> *still* gives that same connotation ...
> 
> My preference is to keep using the old logo ("Beastie") on my web site, 
> and I imagine there are others that feel the same way ... are we going to 
> be "shunned" as a result?  I would hope not ...

Absolutely not - that was never the plan.  Remember that Beastie
represents BSD as a whole, while the new logo will represent FreeBSD.
That's all it's about.

Ceri
-- 
That must be wonderful!  I don't understand it at all.
                                                  -- Moliere
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