----- "Aidan Skinner" <[email protected]> wrote: > On 1/16/09, Robbie Gemmell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hmm, well ive ended up back in the lab for a bit longer afterall, > so... > > *hug* > > > On Fri, 2009-01-16 at 11:09 -0500, Rafael Schloming wrote: > > > William Henry wrote: > > > > > I'm not fond of the 'Q'. It reminds me of a request-reply call > - the arrow goes out and comes back. > > > > > > Another fairly geeky interpretation would be that it is > reminiscent of a > > > circular data structure like a circular buffer or a circular > queue. > > > > > > > Not sure if im the only one but i dont particularly ever try to > > interpret logos, I just go by what looks nice not whether its > trying to > > represent hehe (out of interest, anyone know what the Apache > feather is > > all about anyway? :P I have no idea, but i think its nice hehe)... > > Symbolic logos do get interpreted by many people (that's the social > science talking). It's important to pick something that won't be > negatively interpreted. I'm not sure request/reply is a bad symbolism > though. > > Having said that, symbolic logos aren't bad. They're good because > they're highly distinctive, and help build brand awareness. I would > quite like to be able to get merch/tat with a Qpid Q on it and have > people just know that it's Qpid. Obviously this only applies to a > certain subset of people.
+1. Do non-voters get cool Qpid 'Q' t-shirts too? ;-) (I'll recognize it Aidan and comment on how cool and smart you look.) -William > > Maybe something with a double arrow? > > - Aidan (My, that's a mighty fine looking bikeshed you got there..) > -- > Apache Qpid - World Domination through Advanced Message Queueing > http://qpid.apache.org
