Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread Ceri Davies
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: On 6/3/06 14:56, fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:19:28AM +, Ceri Davies wrote: On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: On 6/3/06 14:56, fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo.

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread Danial Thom
--- Sam Nilsson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Marc G. Fournier wrote: Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tandem? I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I like it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but,

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Danial Thom wrote: The reason that BSD is what it is (that is, an obscure OS to the masses) is because BSD camps are run by a bunch of geeky programmers that have no sense of marketing. LINUX, which we'll all agree is an inferior technical product, gets a lot of milage out of their stupid

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Kövesdán Gábor
Sven Rütz wrote: Hi FreeBSD-Team, about 4 months ago Anton K. Gural won the freebsd-logo-competition. After that I heared nothing new about the l33t new look (it turned out really well ;) ). I want to ask some questions concerning the look: 1) What is the licensing of the logo-design by

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Sven Rütz wrote: Hi FreeBSD-Team, about 4 months ago Anton K. Gural won the freebsd-logo-competition. After that I heared nothing new about the l33t new look (it turned out really well ;) ). I want to ask some questions concerning the look: 1) What is the licensing of the logo-design by Gural?

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread David Stanford
On 3/6/06, Sven Rütz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi FreeBSD-Team, about 4 months ago Anton K. Gural won the freebsd-logo-competition. After that I heared nothing new about the l33t new look (it turned out really well ;) ). I want to ask some questions concerning the look: 1) What is the

RE: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread fbsd_user
So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just closed the contest with no winner. I am sadden that the new logo is so plain. Being pressured

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Greg Barniskis
fbsd_user wrote: Check here to see new logo and then post your thoughts. http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ Been there, done that. With all due respect to those with opinions, and their right to voice those opinions, this is not a question and in fact the subject is a horse that's

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread DAve
fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. This was cussed and discussed earlier I believe. I did get bored with the thread and stopped reading it, so I can't say what the final outcome of the thread was or what the final outcome of

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, DAve wrote: fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. This was cussed and discussed earlier I believe. I did get bored with the thread and stopped reading it, so I can't say what the final outcome of the thread

RE: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Danial Thom
--- fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just closed the contest with no winner. I am

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Ceri Davies
On 6/3/06 14:56, fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just closed the contest with no winner.

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread cpghost
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 09:56:06AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. Well, yes, it does (many people don't like it, including myself; then again others think differently). Unfortunately that's politics, there's nothing

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread cpghost
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 09:43:25AM -0800, Danial Thom wrote: The entire FreeBSD experience has become a nightmarish ride. I've never seen a project team so unable to learn from their mistakes both technically and marketing-wise. Its a damn tragedy what they're doing. People who contribute

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: On 6/3/06 14:56, fbsd_user [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just closed the contest with no winner. I am sadden that the new logo is so

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Vayu
On Monday 06 March 2006 13:01, Marc G. Fournier wrote: On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite frankly, after looking at the new one, I'm surprised the same arguments (being associated with a demon) isn't still being made,

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Sam Nilsson
Marc G. Fournier wrote: Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tandem? I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I like it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite frankly, after looking at the new one, I'm surprised

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread Ceri Davies
On 3/3/06 18:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? On a related note: What's the status of the winner of the logo contest? Is it encumbered, is it free to use? Copyright has been

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread John Cruz
Ceri Davies wrote: On 3/3/06 18:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? On a related note: What's the status of the winner of the logo contest? Is it encumbered, is it free

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread Ansar Mohammed
I agree. I always wanted to buy the freebsd merch but I wasnt into this whole daemon thing. On 3/3/06, John Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ceri Davies wrote: On 3/3/06 18:01, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does anyone know where I can get apparel

Re: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ (OFF-TOPIC)

2005-11-07 Thread martinko
Allen D. Tate wrote: Very disappointing. I prefer the current logo over a ball with two horns!!! and the font used to write FreeBSD is very unprofessional. It is interesting to see differing opinions. I kinda like the new logo and new font and think that it does look professional. I am not

Re: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ (OFF-TOPIC)

2005-11-06 Thread Allen D. Tate
Very disappointing. I prefer the current logo over a ball with two horns!!! and the font used to write FreeBSD is very unprofessional. It is interesting to see differing opinions. I kinda like the new logo and new font and think that it does look professional. I am not saying that your opinion

RE: New Logo

2005-11-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Yes, the decision can be reversed. Simply do not use the new logo on anything you produce for FreeBSD, such as CDROM copies for customer server installs, web pages you may create that discuss FreeBSD, graphic images you might use as backgrounds, computer presentations, etc. Do not purchase or

RE: New Logo

2005-11-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Barniskis Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:56 PM To: Jim Pazarena Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Logo If the process gets reversed based on the fervent outcry of a small number

Re: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/

2005-11-05 Thread martinko
Nick Withers wrote: Well, the winner of the FreeBSD logo competition has been announced - see http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ So what's the verdict then? I have to say I've very impressed, love the horns! hello, i wonder where i could see the other entries ?? also, while looking at

RE: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/

2005-11-05 Thread Tamouh H.
Well, the winner of the FreeBSD logo competition has been announced - see http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ So what's the verdict then? I have to say I've very impressed, love the horns! I'm sorry to disagree. Is this the best they were able to come up with ? Very disappointing.

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
On 2 Nov 2005 at 19:31, Jerry McAllister wrote: Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won a contest is not a logo. It is really just another mascot, this time with a kind of Pokemon kind

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
it would be interesting to learn the total # of core members, and how the vote went, yay and nay, and whether, it at all, the core is hearing the message which seems to be emanating from the non-core.. Sigh. *the message*? Mixed messages at best. Some like it. A few more don't. A

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread cape canaveral
On 11/3/05, Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2 Nov 2005 at 19:31, Jerry McAllister wrote: Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won a contest is not a logo. It is really just another

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Peter Clutton
On 11/4/05, Alex Zbyslaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Peter Clutton wrote: Ted wrote: Your opinion, they probably wouldn't agree. If you decide Beastie isn't important enough to bother defending, that's your choice. Of course I will note that you had no problem getting the attention for your

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Peter Clutton
On 11/4/05, Greg Barniskis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Seems to me like those who are up in arms over this: (a) had every chance to participate in the process (b) did not participate in the process except to heartily denounce the very existence of the process and its goal (c) even now outright

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Martin Hudec
Hello, On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 01:32:20PM -0700 or thereabouts, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Even though I was in favor of a logo being made for FreeBSD (we can keep beastie as a mascot), the winner is not what I would call a good logo for the purposes for which logos are used...

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Duo
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/ Seems to me a fairly nice contribution to the project, It is all irrelevant. I am sure it is a nice book and Ted is knowledgeable in a lot of areas I am sure. Neither he nor I are members of the project and

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Duo
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Offense is in the eye of the beholder. If you choose to be offended, don't make us all suffer from your sufferings. Similarly, if you choose to be offensive, go somewhere else. -- Duo ___

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Peter Clutton wrote: Ted wrote: Your opinion, they probably wouldn't agree. If you decide Beastie isn't important enough to bother defending, that's your choice. Of course I will note that you had no problem getting the attention for your books by using Beastie images on their covers.

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
Hello, On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 01:32:20PM -0700 or thereabouts, Chad Leigh -- Shir= e.Net LLC wrote: Even though I was in favor of a logo being made for FreeBSD (we can keep = beastie as a mascot), the winner is not what I would call a good=20 logo for the purposes for which logos

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread cpghost
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:46:26PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: I am not 100% convinced, but if you say so. It seems to be that the religious fundamentalist who thinks Beastie is the Devil, or something, will sooner or later look at the new logo and think: ``It looks like a head. A

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread DAve
cpghost wrote: On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:46:26PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: I am not 100% convinced, but if you say so. It seems to be that the religious fundamentalist who thinks Beastie is the Devil, or something, will sooner or later look at the new logo and think: ``It looks

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 02:51:25PM -0500, DAve wrote: cpghost wrote: On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:46:26PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: I am not 100% convinced, but if you say so. It seems to be that the religious fundamentalist who thinks Beastie is the Devil, or something, will sooner or

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Lars Eighner
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: I point out that removing beastie was not the point of the exercise (contrary to Ted's paranoid fantasies of a right-wing Christian fundamentalist cabal dictating policy to the core team). In point of fact, the logo idea started right here when a

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Pete Slagle
The thought occurs that the annoying religious fundamentalists are those that revere an amateurishly drawn cartoon. (Of all things.) Idol worship, sect-like fulmination, and blind allegiance to mere symbols representing obscure events in ancient history were never more in evidence.

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 03:34:27PM -0600, Lars Eighner wrote: On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: I point out that removing beastie was not the point of the exercise (contrary to Ted's paranoid fantasies of a right-wing Christian fundamentalist cabal dictating policy to the core team).

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: I point out that removing beastie was not the point of the exercise (contrary to Ted's paranoid fantasies of a right-wing Christian fundamentalist cabal dictating policy to the core team). In point of fact, the logo idea started right here

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Thursday, 3 November 2005 at 14:26:24 -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: after reading the original competition posting, it seems that it was orchestrated by the core @ freebsd Since this is a question, I suppose it's worth answering here. No, this wasn't orchestrated by the FreeBSD Core Team. As

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Greg Barniskis
Jim Pazarena wrote: after reading the original competition posting, it seems that it was orchestrated by the core @ freebsd it would be interesting to learn the total # of core members, and how the vote went, yay and nay, and whether, it at all, the core is hearing the message which seems to be

RE: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 1 Nov 2005 at 22:13, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Sounds a bit high-handed to me, don't you think? You're asking us how it sounds to you? [Make my bikeshed mint green.] -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

RE: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 2 Nov 2005 at 1:33, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: New Logo Yes, there are others on the list who

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 2 Nov 2005 at 19:31, Jerry McAllister wrote: Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won a contest is not a logo. It is really just another mascot, this time with a kind of Pokemon kind of look

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Tim Traver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:03 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Steve Bertrand; 'FreeBSD Questions' Subject: Re: New Logo Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Anyway, instead of simply looking at the questioner with an expression

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Jun Kuriyama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:43 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Logo -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As Greg said, please stop this thread on this list

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Huajian.Luo
stan wrote: YUK! To My disappointed ... but FreeBSD itself really rocks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread lars
IMHO a logo, or a new logo, was necessary for technical reasons. Less colors, vectorable, more modern look. I really like the Beastie character, but it's too complicated a design to use directly as a logo, at least I think so. I actually don't believe this logo was created to placate an extremely

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: New Logo On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 21:48:57 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: [missing attribution to Greg

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread martin
On 11/1/05, Danny Pansters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 1 November 2005 19:39, stan wrote: YUK! OK I will honestly tell you my first reaction: I laughed until I fell off my chair. Then I put my hand in front of my mouth and whispered OMG. This logo is so bad, especially

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Ted, you are an *sshole Please try not to top post...you're being rather vague on what part exactly makes him an *sshole, in your opinion... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Of course not. You got what you deserved though so shut the hell up. Ted, you need to shut the hell up. FreeBSD is not your project and your whining and complaining

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 1, 2005, at 6:47 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:16 PM, Danny Pansters wrote: On Tuesday 1 November 2005 22:22, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Of course not. You got what you deserved though so

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 1, 2005, at 7:00 PM, ke.han wrote: In any efforts to expand the market share of freeBSD, I suggest the following: a - It is important to show professionalism, courtesy and restraint as a community. I chose to move from Linux to freeBSD in large part because of the quality of the

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 1, 2005, at 8:27 PM, Steve Bertrand wrote: -- snip -- That's correct, but we should recall that this is a mailing list to ask technical questions, not discuss logos or flame people. Discuss logos on the advocacy@ list; don't flame people on any list. I don't post here often, lest I

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bob Ababurko
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 11:13 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: And I am not trying to argue and make claims about how inexcusable it is either. I merely pointed out to Ted that he is not in the FreeBSD project and therefore does not have say. Chad this is

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
On 2005-11-02 12:49, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/1/05, Danny Pansters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 1 November 2005 19:39, stan wrote: YUK! OK I will honestly tell you my first reaction: I laughed until I fell off my chair. Then I put my hand in front of my mouth and

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:50 AM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Logo I think the critism is a bit harsh. Any logo for FreeBSD is going to be an lossing

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
Folks, Re: the new logo Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won a contest is not a logo. It is really just another mascot, this time with a kind of Pokemon kind of look to it. Now that is fine

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jerry McAllister Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:31 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New Logo Folks, Re: the new logo Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread stan
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 02:04:11PM -0800, stheg olloydson wrote: it was said by stanb: YUK! -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967 Look on the bright side! Everyone expected this to turn out badly,

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Peter Clutton
On 11/2/05, Ted Mittelstaedt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 PM To: Ted Mittelstaedt Cc: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: New Logo On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 21:48

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Peter Matulis
--- stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YUK! Yeah, it has a something's missing feel to it. I suppose it was time to distance ourselves from the demon thing though. It not having a face is a step in that direction. The horns remain to appease hardcore people I guess.

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Antoine Solomon
Does the new Logo remind you of pokemon ? man I had a good laugh when i read the comments on slashdot On 11/1/05, Peter Matulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YUK! Yeah, it has a something's missing feel to it. I suppose it was time to distance

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote: --- stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YUK! Yeah, it has a something's missing feel to it. I suppose it was time to distance ourselves from the demon thing though. It not having a face is a step in that direction. The horns remain

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Jason Stewart
On 01/11/05 15:21 -0500, Peter Matulis wrote: --- stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YUK! Yeah, it has a something's missing feel to it. I suppose it was time to distance ourselves from the demon thing though. It not having a face is a step in that direction. The horns remain to

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote: --- stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YUK! Yeah, it has a something's missing feel to it. I suppose it was time to distance ourselves from the demon thing though. It not having a face is a step in that direction. The horns remain to

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Greg Barniskis
Bart Silverstrim wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote: --- stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YUK! Yeah, it has a something's missing feel to it. I suppose it was time to distance ourselves from the demon thing though. It not having a face is a step in that

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread daniel
On November 1, 2005 02:39 pm, stan wrote: YUK! i rather like it. the font used isn't a favourite, but i think it's kinda cool -- the reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable man persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. therefore, all progress depends on

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread stheg olloydson
it was said by stanb: YUK! -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967 Look on the bright side! Everyone expected this to turn out badly, and they got more than they expected. Way more. shudders, stheg

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:32 PM To: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: New Logo On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote: --- stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
Ted, you are an *sshole On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:32 PM To: Free BSD Questions list Subject: Re: New Logo

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] Line wrap recovered. On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 14:15:30 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: On Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:32 PM, Chad Leigh wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote: Even though I was in

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Of course not. You got what you deserved though so shut the hell up. Ted, you need to shut the hell up. FreeBSD is not your project and your whining and complaining whenever the logo thing comes up is really tiresome. The people who

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread kalin mintchev
i just saw this. just my opinion... i was going to keep to myself but... i like freebsd a lot. The people who run the project decided to create a new logo. ok... It sucks big time... like, really. it looks like a pig head from the future or something... but hey, it is better than

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Tuesday 1 November 2005 19:39, stan wrote: YUK! OK I will honestly tell you my first reaction: I laughed until I fell off my chair. Then I put my hand in front of my mouth and whispered OMG. Now the question is who's going to be the first to have the guts to shelve it again, cause

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Tuesday 1 November 2005 22:22, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Of course not. You got what you deserved though so shut the hell up. Ted, you need to shut the hell up. FreeBSD is not your project and It's not yours either. That's no

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chris
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: ... SNIP ... Just remember - this is the BEST that the contest produced. Imagine what most of the rest of the entries looked like!!! Ted Oh good Lord - how true that is! -- Best regards, Chris No major project is ever installed on time, within budgets, with

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread virgil huston
On 11/1/05, Danny Pansters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 1 November 2005 19:39, stan wrote: YUK! OK I will honestly tell you my first reaction: I laughed until I fell off my chair. Then I put my hand in front of my mouth and whispered OMG. This logo is so bad, especially from

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Tuesday 1 November 2005 23:20, virgil huston wrote: On 11/1/05, Danny Pansters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 1 November 2005 19:39, stan wrote: YUK! OK I will honestly tell you my first reaction: I laughed until I fell off my chair. Then I put my hand in front of my

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
summary below On Tuesday 1 November 2005 23:47, you wrote: Ted, you need to shut the hell up. FreeBSD is not your project and It's not yours either. And I am not trying to argue and make claims about how inexcusable it is either. I merely pointed out to Ted that he is not in the

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread ke.han
Dear arguing list... I am new to freeBSD this year and am very happy with the community (mostly) and the product. I don't at all feel a new logo (or replacing the mascot, depending on your point of view) is necessary and I was not aware, until reading this thread that it was in progress. The

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:53 PM, Danny Pansters wrote: I personally find the new logo stupid, I think beastie is a great mascot, and we need a new logo for FreeBSD. But bitching and complaining and telling people to shut the hell up is not the way to do it and Ted needs to stop behaving as if were

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 17:40:29 -0700, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:53 PM, Danny Pansters wrote: I personally find the new logo stupid, I think beastie is a great mascot, and we need a new logo for FreeBSD. But bitching and complaining and telling people

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Wednesday 2 November 2005 00:40, you wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:53 PM, Danny Pansters wrote: I personally find the new logo stupid, I think beastie is a great mascot, and we need a new logo for FreeBSD. But bitching and complaining and telling people to shut the hell up is not the way

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Michael C. Shultz
On Tuesday 01 November 2005 14:22, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Of course not. You got what you deserved though so shut the hell up. Ted, you need to shut the hell up. FreeBSD is not your project and your whining and complaining

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Steve Bertrand
-- snip -- That's correct, but we should recall that this is a mailing list to ask technical questions, not discuss logos or flame people. Discuss logos on the advocacy@ list; don't flame people on any list. I don't post here often, lest I ask a question, but I appreciate these sorts of

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Steve Bertrand
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael C. Shultz Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 8:04 PM To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Ted Mittelstaedt; Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Subject: Re: New Logo On Tuesday 01 November 2005

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Wednesday 2 November 2005 01:27, Steve Bertrand wrote: -- snip -- That's correct, but we should recall that this is a mailing list to ask technical questions, not discuss logos or flame people. Discuss logos on the advocacy@ list; don't flame people on any list. I don't post here

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Wednesday 2 November 2005 01:34, Steve Bertrand wrote: I understand the frustration and anger here, but let's please think of I don't have any frustration or anger. I just state my opinion. I'm glad you value it highly. the newbies (people who are just joining in, lurkers if you will) who

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Steve Bertrand
It's like a hockey game. Does the whole bench need to be involved, or can it be solved between a few players who are in the kerfluffel? You're babbling. Let me wake you up gently here. What the heck is your point dude? Point well taken. I will not say right/wrong here, because it is

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Michael C. Shultz wrote: Ted may not be on the project but he is the author of The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/ Seems to me a fairly nice contribution to the project, It is all irrelevant. I am sure it is a nice

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Clayton Smith
On 11/1/05, stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YUK! it appears to be vaguely similar to this: http://www.gamedaemons.net/ (saw it in a post on slashdot) c -- U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror - New York Times 9/3/1967

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