Some random thoughts :
- Logo are indeed strategic for top 500 companies. However, are you aware of their cost? It can be up to 500K€/$ and probably more. This is Apache Flex, there is no money involved, no money reward and it had to be made in a short time-frame. Community people did it for free and passion. - Have you already seen Apache Tomcat or PHP logo? Not better that the one that will be chosen for Flex IMO. But these products/languages are widely used by the software industry. Why? Not because of their logo but because there are great working open source software. And that will be the same story for Apache Flex. 2012/1/24 kitashima tomo <kitashima.t...@gmail.com> > Dear All, > > It nice to see the 3 Apache Flex logo are shorlisted for the final round. > Seems like some of my good friends do not find it acceptable (my friends > are the marketer > working in the top 500 companies). They laughed their head off at PPMC's > and voters' poor taste for nominate bad design logos. One of my friend > even made a > sarcastic remark of the Flex community are heading for a *sinking* since > brand image are very important and do reflect how the customers' view > the community. > > To confirm my doubt, I have contact some of the logo designers, they agree > the top 3 logos hold no distinctive and meaningless except #12 and #50 seem > to > reflect the future of Apache Flex clearly. It may be *advisable* for the > community to reconsider the contest. I wish to disclaimer that I'm not > speaking up for anyone. > > Please ignore my advice if you find my message is of no importance. I wish > the community good luck then. > > Lastly, I wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year 2012. > > rgds, > Kitashima Tomo >
