Glad to see someone take charge on this. This sounds like a great idea. On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Eric Evans <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 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] > > -- Salvador Fuentes Jr.
