Everyone knows that Migel likes monkeys. It is to be expected that Mono's logo will be a monkey.
I actually like Ximian naming everything after a monkey (Ximan, mono, bonobo). I think it's cute. Sort of a personal touch. If people don't like this particular monkey, mabye we could use a *different* monkey? Daniel. On Mon, 27 May 2002, Erick wrote: > > I am well aware of the source of the name and that it means monkey in > spanish. My apologies, I forgot to add that to my comment. Maybe I am > just not too thrilled by a monkey that looks more like a boxing glove on > an extended hand (no offence to the creators). Just my 2�, thinking out > loud. > > Erick > > > On 27 May 2002, Joe Tennies wrote: > > Ummm. Do you know where the project got its name? It's pronounced > moe-noe, not mah-no. Mono is Spanish for 'monkey.' Therefore, I think > a monkey is MORE than appropriate. Besides which, monkeys rock. > > The logo doesn't even come close to the look or feel of Ximian's logo. > The only similarity is that there's a monkey on each. > > If it comes to a vote, I'm pro-monkey. (although I'm far from > unbiased... see www.fatnsoft.com for more info) > > On Mon, 2002-05-27 at 22:40, Erick wrote: > > > > Another monkey? While I appreciate all that Miguel and Ximian are doing > > to make Mono happen, the monkey is the Ximian logo. Now that monkey's > > cousin has popped his head into this project... Is Miguel's intent to > > open this for community discussion? > > > > Erick > > > > > > > > On 27 May 2002, Miguel de Icaza wrote: > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > Today Dave Camp (one of the developers of gIDE/Anjuta2 and a Ximian > > hacker) drew the foundation for the new Mono Logo. Then Jakub Steiner > > (Ximian artist) took the concept to its beautiful rendering. > > > > Here it is: > > > > http://primates.ximian.com/~miguel/mono-logo > > > > We will be making some t-shirts for those interested ;-) > > > > (And I need to ask for a `Powered by Mono' icon, as soon I will be > > maintaining/hosting my web page with Mono ;-) > > > > Miguel. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list > _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
