I actually like the logo without the underscore. I don't think an underscore is very collaborative with art. The "_" has always been irritating me a little.
I know that there is history and nostalgia involved here but dropping an underscore at least in the logo is a nice evolution IMHO. The whole "mod_" just happens to be the original Apache naming convention for modules, I believe, and let's not forget that the Apache folks never thought they would get the kind of success they have. Given the choice, I don't think they would have stuck with this kind of naming convention. The underscore really belongs to the "C/C++" language and isn't really so much of a standard in Perl. True, "Perl", "Apache" and "mod_perl" are all children of "C/C++" but they should have some independence - they are in their adolescence now (if not even adults). The Java people escaped from the underscore and started capitalization. The underscore is something very practical that all of us use on a daily basis but it isn't pretty. And that's what we need in a logo - style and beauty - and the logo we have now is excellent. Think about MTV, people didn't limit themselves in placing the letters when they were creating the logo, nobody complained that the TV came apart from the M. I am sure our artist chose to drop the underscore for artistic reasons... Sorry for my dissent and for polluting the list with an opinion on logos :-) Georgy. David Ranney wrote: > > All, > > I really like the new logo, and in fact I voted for it. However, I just > realized that the logo uses "modperl", whereas mod_perl's name is > "mod_perl", with the underscore. Does anyone else see this as a problem? > I've always been annoyed at how often the spelling gets modified, and it > seems that the logo as it is now would add to the confusion. Am I just > picking nits? > > -Dave > > David Ranney > Senior Web Applications Developer > e-Perception, Inc. > (909) 587-8773
