Thanks for kicking this off, Daniel. Let me say up front that I think your proposed logo is much better than the current logo. Especially the clarity of design, and the choice of font. If we can't come up with a better alternative shortly (i.e. in this thread), I think we should vote on adopting it. I would vote for it.
That said, if we're going to change the logo, let's give people a couple of days to submit other options. The reason I chose the name Calcite (and the previous name, Optiq) was because refraction (specifically birefringence) suggests elegance and economy of purpose. Query planning is about working smarter, not harder, and the hammer in Daniel's proposed logo suggests brute force. So, I refer you to the previous thread on the subject of logos, about 2 years ago [1]. And here is a nice picture of birefringence [2]; my awful hand-drawn sketches in the logo thread were alluding to that. If those sources inspire people to create some more logo options for us to vote on, I would be delighted. Julian [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1e1cbac26e5f07a661b2c0e0d1ebe1ced0d105e19b82dfe72ee47fa9@1457378768@%3Cdev.calcite.apache.org%3E [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fluorescence_in_calcite.jpg On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 2:26 PM Muhammad Gelbana <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't know the tool name you've put there but I guess the message you're > trying to deliver is: We dissect bulks of data to bring up useful > information. > > I'm probably wrong. We also need to think about the reason behind choosing > the name: Calcite. So the final logo would make sense. > > What do you think ? > > Thanks, > Gelbana > > > On Sun, Aug 26, 2018 at 10:56 PM Daniel Gruno <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hello, awesome Calcite people! > > > > As some of you may know, I'm on an arduous mission of gathering and > > touching up all logos we have at Apache. During this task, I realized > > the calcite logo has some flaws that does not make it super fit for > > print, so perhaps it's time to look for a new logo? > > > > I did a quick proposal, figuring "calcite...minerals...mining!" - if I'm > > completely off track, let me know :D Anyway, the proposal is at: > > > > http://www.apache.org/logos/comdev-test/res/calcite/calcite-proposed.svg > > > > (current logo is found at > > http://www.apache.org/logos/comdev-test/#calcite for reference) > > > > If you like it, it's hereby ALv2 so feel free to use it. > > If you want changes, or maybe a logo contest, that's also a-okay! Just > > let me know if you have feedback, and remember to CC me if so, as I'm > > not on this mailing list. > > > > With warm regards, > > Daniel. > >
