At 12:20 AM 04/03/02 +0800, Stas Bekman wrote:
Jonathan, you did a great job. A vote was not required, but a nice thing to do. And now we have a logo picked by a vote.
I'm not arguing about the design and votes (where if I read you correctly you seem
to contradict yourself in the first part of your reply, where you say that the votes
aren't binding)
Of course, there's no rule I can't contradict myself ;)
You mean where I said:
"There's no mod_perl constitution that binds web site designers to any specific design selected by a vote."
That's just bad writing -- I was trying to saying that there was nothing requiring us to have a vote in the first place. I think some people will be put out if the logo is modified from the winning design.
that's very different :) so your say is that the vote is binding.
My only concern is that using 'modperl' in logo will lead to a situation where people
will start using 'modperl' as the product name. But the product name is 'mod_perl',
like it ot not.
I don't think that's a problem. Hey, look at the subject of this message.
The slippery slope has started! It's kind of the Perl/perl issue in that
it's used both ways and sometime incorrectly, but everyone knows what is
meant (PERL is the one that bugs me;).
It's not like people are going to say "I've installed modperl. Should I have installed mod_perl instead?"
I do agree that the logo looks nicer without the underscore, but it's not so correct.
Yes, but again it's just a graphic image, and the term mod_perl is used all over the site, so nobody will get that confused.
How about an alt-tab that pops up "mod_perl" ;)
On the other hand:
I belong to a sailing club here in Berkeley that's all volunteer supported. It's been around for many many years (with many long-term members). We elect nine members to make decisions. Of course, we now have a mailing list, so unlike in the old days when things would only get done because someone did it, now things get debated so much that nothing gets done very quickly -- or when it gets done half the people feel like they got screwed.
Most of the old-time members are wise. They know if you want to make a (reasonable) change, you just do it. People complain for a while, then everyone gets use to it, then it becomes the only way. ;)
Since I don't have strong feeling about this issue, but was trying to protect the correctness, I give up :) Since more involved people prefer it without the underscore that's fine with me.
Has anybody thought running this though Doug? I'm not sure he is aware of the voting and the results.
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