Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-05 Thread Tim Lungstrom
Do you want to be the company that is called "that louse office suite"? I sure do not. Remember in the USA "that louse" is what you use to tell people about other people who are bad, crook, and other negative things. On 04/04/2017 04:12 AM, Cor Nouws wrote: Hi all, Heiko Tietze wrote on 3

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-05 Thread Cor Nouws
Hi Tim, Tim Lungstrom wrote on 05-04-17 00:40: > Do you want to be the company that is called "that louse office suite"? > I sure do not. > > Remember in the USA "that louse" is what you use to tell people about > other people who are bad, crook, and other negative things. Thanks for sharing th

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Cal 727apps
Heiko/all, I am a big fan of freedom, openness, collaboration & the kinds of things that Libre Open Office and open source stands for. That said, a lot of the logos did look a bit cartoonish, kiddy cartoonish to me, which is not good. I am a big fan of the Seabiscuit horse. (Credits: Laura Hillenb

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Loraine van Niekerk
I think a dragonfly is indeed a good idea. I often watch them maneuvering at the birdbath. Beautiful and Amazing little creatures. On 04/04/2017 10:18, K-J LibreOffice wrote: Hi all, what do you think about a dragonfly (odonata) [1], [2]. Carl von Linné called it: "Libellula" and so we get

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Heiko Tietze
Great idea! Easy to name, broad associations, and beautiful artwork including tatoos (for those who really love the product) and sticker pins. Unfortunately there is http://www.dragonflybsd.org/images/ (never heard before). Challenge for designer to make it look different? 2017-04-04 11:18 GMT+02:

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread Sophie
Le 04/04/2017 à 11:18, K-J LibreOffice a écrit : > Hi all, > what do you think about a dragonfly (odonata) [1], [2]. Carl von Linné > called it: "Libellula" and so we get to "LibO". > > It is an animal which we can find all over the world (except Antarctica). > > "They are fast, agile fliers, som

Re: [libreoffice-design] Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread K-J LibreOffice
Hi all, what do you think about a dragonfly (odonata) [1], [2]. Carl von Linné called it: "Libellula" and so we get to "LibO". It is an animal which we can find all over the world (except Antarctica). "They are fast, agile fliers, sometimes migrating across oceans [...] They are symbols of co

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-04 Thread enio.ge...@libreoffice.org
We can also think of imaginary animals? (As the dragon KDE), for example the mythological griffin, pegasus, Phoenix. Best! Il 04/04/2017 08:55, Heiko Tietze ha scritto: > 2017-04-04 1:48 GMT+02:00 Tim-L--Elmira-NY : >> For me, I keep thinking that LO is slowly working to take on various >> platf

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-03 Thread Heiko Tietze
2017-04-04 1:48 GMT+02:00 Tim-L--Elmira-NY : > For me, I keep thinking that LO is slowly working to take on various > platforms. So far, LO has taken over Linux's platforms from OpenOffice.org > - from day one. Then Windows and Mac platforms came quickly. Although LO > has not made really much h

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-03 Thread Tim-L--Elmira-NY
. Best, Edwin -Original Message- From: Heiko Tietze [mailto:tietze.he...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, 31 March 2017 3:51 PM To: LibO Marketing ; LibO Design < des...@global.libreoffice.org>; LibO Project < proje...@global.libreoffice.org> Cc: TDF BoD Subject: [libreoffice-

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-03 Thread Axel Kloth
DF, >>> speed for a rapid release cycle, many breeds for the different versions >>> available on a variety of platforms. >>> >>> Best, >>> Edwin >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Heiko Tietze [mailto:tietze.he...

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-03 Thread Anxhelo Lushka
essage- >>> From: Heiko Tietze [mailto:tietze.he...@googlemail.com] >>> Sent: Friday, 31 March 2017 3:51 PM >>> To: LibO Marketing ; LibO Design < >>> des...@global.libreoffice.org>; LibO Project < >>> proje...@global.libreoffice.org>

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-04-03 Thread Gustavo Buzzatti Pacheco
17 3:51 PM >> To: LibO Marketing ; LibO Design < >> des...@global.libreoffice.org>; LibO Project < >> proje...@global.libreoffice.org> >> Cc: TDF BoD >> Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot >> >> Hello all, >> >> additional

Re: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-03-31 Thread Tim-L--Elmira-NY
iko Tietze [mailto:tietze.he...@googlemail.com] Sent: Friday, 31 March 2017 3:51 PM To: LibO Marketing ; LibO Design ; LibO Project Cc: TDF BoD Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot Hello all, additional to the unique branding of LibreOffice today, we want to introduce an alternativ

RE: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-03-31 Thread Edwin Lee
: Friday, 31 March 2017 3:51 PM To: LibO Marketing ; LibO Design ; LibO Project Cc: TDF BoD Subject: [libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot Hello all, additional to the unique branding of LibreOffice today, we want to introduce an alternative to TDF's trademarked logo/icon elements tha

[libreoffice-marketing] LibreOffice Mascot

2017-03-31 Thread Heiko Tietze
Hello all, additional to the unique branding of LibreOffice today, we want to introduce an alternative to TDF's trademarked logo/icon elements that can be used by the community with minimal restrictions: a mascot. The idea is similar to "Duke" from Java (https://kenai.com/projects/duke/pages/H