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