Here is something quick that my co-worker came up with. Of course this can be improved upon based on what the community wants to see in a logo.
http://www.rhumphrey.com/spamassassin/SpamAssassin.jpg Richard Humphrey ---------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I know I risk starting a flamewar, but I am going to say this anyway.. (I > mean not to insult anyone) > > "SpamAssassin should get a new logo" > > I know SA is one of the best AS products available, and that helps a lot when > you try to get your company to adopt is as a solution. > > But technical superiority is unfortunately not the only thing that company > managers look for when selecting a solution. > Things such as support, having someone to call when things don“t work, price > and the *feel* of the procuct also play a big role. > > You may think that in the *price* category, no commercial product could > possibly beat the price of SpamAssassin, but you would be wrong. I have a > Excel printout that we got from a Anti-Spam company which compares > SpamAssassin to their product and shows that SpamAssassin costs around 27,000 > (twenty seven thousand Euros) for the first year in production. > > It doesn“t matter if those calculations are right or not, company managers > base their decisions on things like this. > > And in the *product feel* category, SpamAssassin realy could do better. It“s > embarrassing to say the least that the logo of the product you are trying to > sell as a solution looks like something right out of Teenage Mutant Ninja > Turtles. > > IMO, the logo should be completely redesigned to be simpler and more > "symbolic". But unfortunately my artistic skills are not up to the task. > > - Rķkharšur Egilsson > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Truman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 24 June, 2004 11:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: new SpamAssassin logo > > > Hi, > I don't know how to put this without offending someone....but, I've always > found the existing logos...well "open sourcey", not very 'professional' > looking. I think it needs to be totally redrawn, make it 'shinier'. For > example, the clamav logos (www.clamav.net) look really good (mind you, I > think some graphic designer has produced them). > > just my 1.5 cents... > > Anon...err Scott >
