Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-03 Thread Ryan T. Sammartino
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 01:23:17PM -0500, Christopher Faylor wrote: > Since Cygnus is no longer a viable entity, it doesn't make sense to > publicize it. Good point, but it might be nice from a "historical" perspective. Also, I just plain like swans better than otters, but "de gustibus non est d

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-03 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 08:28:30AM -0800, Ryan T. Sammartino wrote: >On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:41:11PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >> The key design criterion are: >> 2) Must be related to, in an easily interpretable fashion, the Cygwin >> net release project. >> >> Something interesting and hu

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-03 Thread Ryan T. Sammartino
On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:41:11PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > The key design criterion are: > 2) Must be related to, in an easily interpretable fashion, the Cygwin > net release project. > > Something interesting and humorous is probably best. > I would vote myself for some kind of Swan (Cy

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Robert Collins
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... > > Hmm. Deja vu. I think I've made this suggestion before for similar > reasons. I can't remember the context, though. Probably. Sounds 100% reasonable too. Rob -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/m

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 05:04:28PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >- Original Message - >From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>I think something new would be best, actually. I hate to say it, but >>we'd probably even be safest if the artist assigned the rights for the >>drawing t

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Robert Collins
- Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I think something new would be best, actually. I hate to say it, but > we'd probably even be safest if the artist assigned the rights for the > drawing to Red Hat. Thats up to you, of course. For setup itself I'm hap

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 03:57:56PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > >=== >- Original Message - >From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> I was thinking something more cartoony but not as anthropomorphic >> as the other suggestion. >> > >What about >http://www.bronzepig.com/galler

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Robert Collins
=== - Original Message - From: "Christopher Faylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I was thinking something more cartoony but not as anthropomorphic > as the other suggestion. > What about http://www.bronzepig.com/gallery/mascots/ottersm.jpg ? I was actually thinking that with 2K subscrbers..

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 11:35:17PM +0100, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 12:41:01PM -0500, Chris Faylor wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:41:11PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >> Actually, it's probably not feasible but my dream icon would involve >> an otter. Linus Torvalds l

RE: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Robinow, David
How about http://vcl.ctrl-c.liu.se/vcl/Artists/Sandra-Gaeremynck/otter.gif ? Don't know about copyright though. -Original Message- From: Corinna Vinschen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 5:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: setup.exe splash s

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Corinna Vinschen
On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 12:41:01PM -0500, Chris Faylor wrote: > On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:41:11PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: > Actually, it's probably not feasible but my dream icon would involve > an otter. Linus Torvalds likes penguins. I like otters. What about http://www.tigress.com/lutr

Re: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Christopher Faylor
On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 07:41:11PM +1100, Robert Collins wrote: >Firstly, the only prize is seeing your work used. > >We need an adaptation, or new creation, for the Cygwin Net Release >setup.exe. Gary has been following MS user interface guidelines in his >reworking of the windowing code, and we

RE: setup.exe splash screen - mini-competition

2002-01-02 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf > Of Robert Collins [snip] > I'm looking for a graphic, 96 px wide, 179 px high (or thereabouts) to > replace that rectangle. It actually has to be 152 pixels wide by 290 pixels high, according to occaisi