New Logo

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

Ted, you are an *sshole

On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:

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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Chad
>> Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
>> Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:32 PM
>> To: Free BSD Questions list
>> Subject: Re: New Logo
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>> On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote:
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>>> --- stan <stanb at panix.com> wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>> YUK!!!!!!!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yeah, it has a "something's missing" feel to it.  I suppose it was
>>> time to distance ourselves from the demon thing though.  It not
>>> having a face is a step in that direction.  The horns remain to
>>> appease hardcore people I guess.
>>>
>>
>> Even though I was in favor of a logo being made for FreeBSD (we can
>> keep beastie as a mascot), the winner is not what I would call a good
>> logo for the purposes for which logos are used...
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>>
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> Of course not.  You got what you deserved though so shut the hell up.
>
> This is a contest that never should have happened for a reason that  
> has
> no real justification, it is no wonder it produced a big turd.  And I
> will
> bet money that it will not change the marketing distribution of  
> FreeBSD
> against Linux one smacking iota.  And I will bet even more money that
> the people like you who were in favor of jettisoning Beastie will  
> never
> admit that, nor will you ever go to the effort of doing the  
> research to
> prove
> that your desire to kill Beastie was the right thing to do, insofar  
> that
> it
> helped get FreeBSD into a greater market share.
>
> Just remember - this is the BEST that the contest produced.   
> Imagine what
> most of the rest of the entries looked like!!!
>
>
> Ted
>
>

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