Logo Contest

[Julio Capote]

Untrue, I know a NUMBER of emerging graphic artists, who would kill for
this kind of exposure, and are much better than any commercialized firm
I've seen. 


On Thu, 2005-02-10 at 21:00 +0100, Anthony Atkielski wrote:
> Dave Wood writes:
> 
> > Once the contest is offically launched, how do people feel about inviting
> > a bunch of professional logo design companies to participate.  The $500
> > prize won't convince them to partake, but the vast exposure almost 
> > certainly will.
> 
> No, it won't.  FreeBSD is small potatoes, and no design firm is going to
> give away its work (which essentially tells clients that its work is
> worthless).  The old "the publicity is worth more than a fee" argument
> is laughed at by serious graphic artists.
>