I agree with Sebastien/Arjan on this. Im not sure Monkeys/Pirates will send the right signals.
Alexander Hitchins ------------------------- Personal Email : [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Apache Email : [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Website : http://alexhitchins.com Mobile : 07788 423 969 From: sebgoa [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 27 November 2013 14:40 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Pirate Monkey? On Nov 27, 2013, at 3:18 PM, Arjan Eriks <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: Guys, I just joined the marketing list as co-organizer of the CCCEU13. And i was involved in the logo design for the event as well (hence i recognize the monkey on the pirate shirt). I like the pirate design very much. It gives some feeling about rebellion, being brave, different, funny, adventurous and such. A lot of values you would like to have as an open source community. We are not like the rest, we are making our own choices. But for positioning CLoudStack as a top of the bill cloud product, that plays a role next to OpenStack, AWS, Azure, IBM etc. etc.. I do not like the monkey logo that much. It just feels too much like a comic book. A lot of open source products are not chosen on a C level, but CloudStack is. Imho it should look robust, mature, proven, open, global... and maybe even 'enterprise' sometimes. Really would like to hear your ideas on this. Thanks, Arjan I am with you Arjan. I said it before, the monkey is cool but can be associated (in the western world) with fun/joker and unreliable (totally biased prejudice of course). The background of the monkey logo comes from "Journey to the West" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_West Where you can read: "...It deals entirely with the earlier exploits of Sun Wukong, a monkey born from a stone nourished by the Five Elements, who learns the art of the Tao, 72 polymorphic transformations, combat, and secrets of immortality, and through guile and force makes a name for himself" Regarding the pirate, I think it's cool but I do share Harm's concern, and as with Gamma rays we have to be careful: http://www.statemaster.com/encyclopedia/Single_event-upset -Sebastien [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 27 Nov 2013 14:36 Hahaha, I'm in! All in the name of good clean fun ;). Sent from my HTC ----- Reply message ----- From: "Mathias Mullins" <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > To: "[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> " <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Pirate Monkey? Date: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 6:03 PM Definite +1 if we get the shirt, hats, and songs!! Now all we need is the Rum (of course to be had in other areas of the conference) :-) +1000 with Chip and Joe on Kelcey manning the Booth in full Johnny Depp style Capt¹n Monk Gear!!! :-D Matt
