On 2008.04.08, Mark Aufflick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks clean - but it *really* needs a logo to inject some motion.
I agree; I'd like a modern and attractive logo treatment, along with a few key icons for downloads, documentation, community ... > Surely AOL could spring a few bucks to get a nice web 3.0 logo made > up? It's probably in their interest to have some AOL-inspired device > in the logo. At this point, I would venture to say that AOL's participation in AOLserver is limited to simply being its namesake. I would not expect any direct contribution from AOL at this point. I, however, may be inclined to put up a few hundred dollars toward a SitePoint design contest for a new logo, if it wouldn't go to waste. I often wonder: with so few contributors, how much investment does it really justify? I wrote this in an email to Jim Davidson privately, earlier today: | The problem with secure and reliable software is you [the software | developer] really have no leverage to _make_ people upgrade. | Insecurity and instability are actually a benefit to open source | projects because users are forced into upgrading--not to keep | current, but just to keep functioning. AOLserver is part of the application stack that once you get over the initial hurdle of installing and configuring it, people pretty much forget all about it. System administrators aren't watching for security notices and planning upgrades all the time for it. Application developers aren't pushing management to upgrade to the latest and greatest version in order to implement some new features to their application. On one hand, these are exactly the reasons why I prefer AOLserver over the alternatives: it's mature, it's stable, it's a very known quantity. On the other hand, it makes forming an active and engaged community very challenging. I'm at the point where I no longer ask myself "how do I change this" but "is there really any need to change this?" If you answer "yes" ... I'd like to hear your reasons why. -- Dossy -- Dossy Shiobara | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://dossy.org/ Panoptic Computer Network | http://panoptic.com/ "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70) -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
