New freebsd logo on freebsd.org

[Ceri Davies]

On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 05:51:10PM +0000, cpghost wrote:
> On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 06:40:01PM +0100, Ceri Davies wrote:
> > On 10/5/06 18:24, "cpghost" <cpghost at cordula.ws> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Wed, May 10, 2006 at 02:44:03PM +0000, Kep Woof wrote:
> > >>> This is free software man, if you don't like it, fix it
> > >>> yourself.
> > >> 
> > >> What is the procedure to fix a logo?
> > > 
> > > use send-pr(1), of course!
> > > 
> > > Since we're talking about logos: when will the next time window
> > > open for a new try? I humbly suggest using 'FreeBSD' (the text,
> > > no graphics) as logo. The only parameter would be choosing the
> > > right distinctive font (let's call it the FreeBSD-Font) for it.
> > > Was that suggested back then? We used to have a 'FreeBSD' image
> > > on the old website. Perhaps that should have been used as a logo?
> > > ANYTHING would have been better than that current ugly sex-toy.
> > 
> > There were tens of submissions that just had the word 'FreeBSD'.
> 
> Ah, good to know. Thank you.
> 
> >  The word
> > 'FreeBSD' isn't a logo, or they looked crappy, so they lost.
> 
> What about 'SONY' or 'IBM'? They are logos too. Granted, not as
> long as 'FreeBSD', but a word doesn't disqualify as a logo just
> because it's a word.

I wouldn't sweat (or trust my memory to remember) the details.  Most of
them definitely said "Free BSD" though.

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