New FreeBSD Logo

[Fabian Keil]

"Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Fabian Keil

> >"Ted Mittelstaedt" <tedm at toybox.placo.com> wrote:
> >
> >> >-----Original Message-----
> >> >From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> >> >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of
> >Axel S. Gruner

> >> >Am Mittwoch, den 10.05.2006, 02:05 -0700 schrieb Ted Mittelstaedt:
> >> >> My guess is it will be a long, long time before you see CDROMs
> >> >> from anybody that have deleted Beastie and have the sex toy.
> >> >
> >> >At LinuxTag 2006 in Wiesbaden we had prepared a lot of CDs
> >with the new
> >> >Logo (what you call a "sex toy"?). We also used the new logo
> >as a flag
> >> >on our booth.
> >> >You will find a few pictures here:
> >> >http://www.encephalon.de/photo/bsd_bilder/lt2006/index.html
> >> >
> >> >So, the "long long time" was a really short time ;-).
> >> >
> >>
> >> I think you missed the part of the post where I said:
> >>
> >> "people have to pay for, to see if those last as a product,"
> >>
> >> The context of the post made it pretty clear I was talking about
> >> commercial CD's that are sold, not given away.
> >
> >Issue 3/2006 of the German magazine freeX has the new logo on
> >its cover, on the included disc and it appears several times
> >in the articles.
> >
> >http://www.cul.de/images/freex32006cg.jpg
> >
> 
> Actually this isn't the logo, the nipples on it aren't recessed, but in
> any case
> this is really a great example of why this logo does nothing to help
> the FreeBSD project.  What about the logo makes you think of an
> operating system?  And what about this cover is at all compelling to
> induce someone to pick up the magazine and buy it?

I wasn't arguing for or against the new logo.
I just pointed out that it already is in commercial use.

Fabian
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http://www.fabiankeil.de/
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