On 09/08/2014 08:33 PM, Isaac Dunham wrote: > On Mon, Sep 08, 2014 at 05:52:53PM -0600, Jon Trulson wrote: >> On Mon, 8 Sep 2014, Jeff Pierquet wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I've attached a new version of "Dtlogo.pm", along with a screenshot of it >>> being used for dtlogin. I think this one may be cleaner and nicer for >>> systems >>> with modern capabilities -- not so grainy and unreadable as the original. >>> CDE >>> is a classic desktop environment, but the old "Dtlogo.pm" is pretty ugly, >>> even for the early 1990s. >>> >>> The original "Dtlogo.pm" shows parts of four planets and some grainy text >>> around them advertising "a new world of compatibility." The attached newer >>> image keeps the original space theme, but just uses the CDE logo and a sky >>> full of stars. >>> >>> Jeff Pierquet >>> >> I'm all for it. I hate the existing one :) >> >> Any objections? > Fully agreed, and ACK. > > Just a note: > If I understand correctly, it was expected that distributors would > normally replace Dtlogo.pm with one appropriate to their own product. > In other words, AIX CDE got an AIX-specific logo, CDE for IRIX got > the SGI cube, etc. > > The logical application of this is that packagers could use the > distribution/OS logo instead of Dtlogo.pm; Debian would use the swirl, > Fedora the hat, etc. > > > Thanks, > Isaac Dunham Just want to add that we may want to consider the different goals and approaches of the Unix vendors. It appears that Dtlogo.pm has been used in several different ways by Unix vendors in the past:
- To advertise CDE itself (HP, Sun). - To advertise their company and product (HP, IBM, Sun). - To just show a flashy graphic (Xi Graphics). One goal was evidently commercial branding for their respective companies and products, sometimes in combination with advertising CDE itself. The latest Dtlogo.pm used by HP, for example, shows "HP CDE" in big letters, and in small letters: "the Hewlett Packard Common Desktop Environment." The CDE project may want to consider whether that type of custom branding is necessary within the project itself, since the project, if anything, would want to establish its own "product" -- CDE. For other free software desktops, it appears that software packagers and integrators provide their own custom graphics. For example, the Debian project customizes XFCE with some Debian graphics and wallpapers. These graphics and wallpapers may even be specific to their latest OS release. This approach makes sense because even free software logos and mascots may be copyrighted or trademarked (e.g. Tux, GNU, BSD Daemon, FreeBSD logo, Debian swirl, Fedora, etc.). Best regards, Jeff Pierquet ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Want excitement? Manually upgrade your production database. When you want reliability, choose Perforce Perforce version control. Predictably reliable. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157508191&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ cdesktopenv-devel mailing list cdesktopenv-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
