You're right and the advantage of having an animal/fruit/object logo is that they are very recognisable & distinctive and help build brand
I'd be interested to hear what others think: I'm a bit conservative with these things Kind Regards Giles D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Chip Childers [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 October 2013 16:52 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Powered By Logo On Thu, Oct 03, 2013 at 03:34:15PM +0000, Giles Sirett wrote: > All > > I'm really not a big fan of using the monkey for this. > The monkey is fun and interesting in the community context but if I had a > public cloud or product powered by ACS, I wouldn't want to put that on my > website. > > IMO the concept of "powered by" needs to get over a message of > reliability, safe tech, etc - I don't think the monkey does that. > Also, it has to be a logo that people will want to use on their sites. > The monkey may be a bit too much fun for that > > Now -everybody will say - "what would you use instead" - I'm not full of > ideas, but I think the standard ACS text only logo with a "powered by" > tagline would be more widley used. > > Alternatively, something like these: > http://forums.auroraos.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=2030 > With those, we could still have Mr Monkey, but he would be slightly diluted. Great feedback Giles. Thanks! Funny though, the Hadoop Elephant seems to have been accepted by the industry and it splashed all over the place! I'll take a crack at some treatments that don't include the monkey, as well as more that do. -chip This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
