I've watched http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CASSANDRA-231 evolve and can't see anything approaching consensus. I can think of two reasons for this, 1) it is subjective and tastes vary, and 2) there aren't any logos that strike a chord in the community. I'm betting that in fact it's a bit of both, so...
I propose we widen the field a bit and run a contest on 99designs.com. I am volunteering to setup and administer the contest, and Rackspace has graciously offered to front the cost. Once we've widened the field a bit, I propose we call a vote, but instead of the typical show of +1s, we use the condorcet method instead. The condorcet voting system is ideal for this sort of thing because it takes all of your preferences into account, not just the choice you prefer most. Condorcet is good at finding the best compromise; it's possible to have a winner that is no ones first choice, but is the least disagreeable to the majority. Wikipedia has a decent page on condorcet voting (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condorcet_method), and there is at least one online application that we could use (http://www.cs.cornell.edu/andru/civs.html). What does everyone think? -- Eric Evans [email protected]
