On Wednesday 10 May 2006 00:18, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >-----Original Message----- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jonathan Horne > >Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 7:23 PM > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo > > > > > >i dont mind saying that i think i must be about the only one > >who likes the > >new art. i think its very modern looking, crisp and abreviated, > >un-childish, but at the same time not too serious or ominous. > > > >ive actually thought about printing out some examples of both versions, > >carrying it down to our artists in our print studio, and "taste testing" > >them with professional artists who couldnt give one care about anything > >technical. *shrug* would be an interesting experiment, to say > >the least. > > Someone already posted a professional analysis. The summary was that > the new logo was amateurish with some serious flaws. Amateurish because > a ball is about the easiest thing you can produce in Photoshop and very > unoriginal. Serious flaws because due to all the shading this logo is > impossible to accurately reproduce on small items like business cards, > and on larger items the shading makes it very expensive to reproduce due > to the number of colors used. > > At the end of the day you need to ask yourself, will having this logo > help FreeBSD to sell more copies? That's the litmus test that is used > for logos - after all if it does not help market penetration, it's a big > waste of time. The problem here is that FreeBSD is noncommercial so the > question is rather a moot issue. In short, the Project needed a new logo > like a boar needs teats. > > Ted
To me it looks like something that would be associated with an inexpensive kids toy company, not a professional OS. Just my $.02 Beech -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Beech Rintoul - Sys. Administrator - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | Alaska Paradise \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | 201 East 9Th Avenue Ste.310 X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Anchorage, AK 99501 / \ - Please visit Alaska Paradise - http://www.alaskaparadise.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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