Michael's effort is appreciated, but I have to agree that appropriating the windows four colored squares is not appropriate. Perhaps the association is too close in mind to notice subtle differences.
Regards , Dave Sent from my iPhone On Dec 19, 2012, at 9:35 PM, John Gilger <[email protected]> wrote: > Looks nice but the MS Windows element in the background doesn't seem > appropriate, IMHO. > > John > > > On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 5:33 PM, Michael Acevedo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Greetings to the AOO Team! >> >> Hello, after a few months of inactivity I've decided to get back in touch >> with the AOO community. First, congratulations to the AOO team on >> a successful graduation into a top-level Apache project from the Apache >> Incubator. >> >> Now the reason on why I am writing this email is to formally submit a logo >> proposal for the next version of the Apache OpenOffice 4.X logo. >> Previously, I submitted an initial logo on the Apache OpenOffice Google+ >> community but I went back to the drawing board and created a second version >> of the logo that both pays respect to the previous Apache OpenOffice orb, >> but modernizes the look of the overall logo by adding 4 colored squares >> that represent the four corners of our office suite (Writer, Calc, Impress, >> and Base) and utilizing a streamlined font. >> >> Without further introductions, below I present my official submission for >> the Apache OpenOffice 4.X logo. >> >> This first logo, is the proposed official logo for the project that would >> be used for our webpage and some other materials. >> >> >> https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-lETVSrwcgJc/UNJpH6G1sxI/AAAAAAAAABg/JnpNrXdRgUo/s653/AOO%25204%2520LOGO%2520v2-5%2520Small%2520copy.jpg >> >> There's a secondary logo, which is basically the same logo but changes the >> proportion of the OpenOffice orb making it better suited for the splash >> screen that appears at the launch of the application. >> >> >> https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uy8gU24uBZw/UNJpH8UiKiI/AAAAAAAAABk/xfXTQjO8iQg/s912/AOO%25204%2520LOGO%2520v2-2.png >> >> Hope you guys like it and Happy holidays! >> >> -- >> Best, >> Michael >>
