I like the bottom one better, but I realise that the Ninjas are to
intergrated in the SA culture to be removed..
Maybe someone could come up with something that looks like a Japaneese letter
but upon closer inspection can be seen as the ninja in the top logo..
The 27000 Euro figure came mostly from having a very well paid system
administrator who spent a lot of work on the system.
I'l look around tonight at home and search for the printout.
- Rķkharšur Egilsson
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 24 June, 2004 4:33 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: new SpamAssassin logo
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
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> 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
>
