New Logo Font (Energist)

2006-04-25 Thread Matthew Holder
Will the font from the new logo be available for download as TTF, Type1, or in a vector format? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Danial Thom wrote: > The reason that BSD is what it is (that is, an obscure OS to the masses) is because BSD camps are run by a bunch of geeky programmers that have no sense of marketing. LINUX, which we'll all agree is an inferior technical product, gets a lot of milage out of their stupid peng

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread Danial Thom
ot really on one side or another on this, > but it occurs to me that > a lot of people may be missing a subtle > distinction. From what I > understand "Beastie" is a mascot and not a logo > although he may have > been used in place of a logo since there was no >

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread Ceri Davies
> >>So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. > > >>It sucks big time. > > >> > > >>When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good > > >>you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just > > &

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread Ceri Davies
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 05:01:43PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: > > >On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. > >>

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Sam Nilsson
Marc G. Fournier wrote: Is there a reason why both the old and new logos cannot be used in tandem? I'd rather leave the old one up on my web site, since, personally, I like it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite frankly, after looking at the new one

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Vayu
On Monday 06 March 2006 13:01, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: > it better ... I understand the argument for a 'new logo', but, quite > frankly, after looking at the new one, I'm surprised the same arguments > (being associated with a de

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Kevin Kinsey
fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just closed the contest with no winner. I am sadden that the new logo is so

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, Ceri Davies wrote: On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread cpghost
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 09:43:25AM -0800, Danial Thom wrote: > The entire FreeBSD experience has become a > nightmarish ride. I've never seen a project team > so unable to learn from their mistakes both > technically and marketing-wise. Its a damn > tragedy what they're doing. People who contribut

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread cpghost
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 09:56:06AM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. > It sucks big time. Well, yes, it does (many people don't like it, including myself; then again others think differently). Unfortunately that's politics,

Re: Powered-by FreeBSD icon using new logo

2006-03-06 Thread cpghost
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 04:17:33PM -0500, fbsd_user wrote: > Since there in now a new logo for FreeBSD, > what about the people who have the powered by old logo icon > on their website home pages? > > Will the old logo still be valid? Hi fbsd_user, why would you bother? Just us

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Ceri Davies
On 6/3/06 14:56, "fbsd_user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. > It sucks big time. > > When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good > you do not have to pick any of then, you could have ju

RE: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Danial Thom
--- fbsd_user <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears > is the new logo. > It sucks big time. > > When you have a contest and none of the entrees > are any good > you do not have to pick any of then, you could > have

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Mon, 6 Mar 2006, DAve wrote: fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. This was cussed and discussed earlier I believe. I did get bored with the thread and stopped reading it, so I can't say what the final outcome of the t

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread DAve
fbsd_user wrote: So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. This was cussed and discussed earlier I believe. I did get bored with the thread and stopped reading it, so I can't say what the final outcome of the thread was or what the final outco

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Greg Barniskis
fbsd_user wrote: Check here to see new logo and then post your thoughts. http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ Been there, done that. With all due respect to those with opinions, and their right to voice those opinions, this is not a question and in fact the subject is a horse that&#

RE: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread fbsd_user
So a little red ball with 2 little pointed ears is the new logo. It sucks big time. When you have a contest and none of the entrees are any good you do not have to pick any of then, you could have just closed the contest with no winner. I am sadden that the new logo is so plain. Being pressured

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread David Stanford
On 3/6/06, Sven Rütz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi FreeBSD-Team, > > about 4 months ago Anton K. Gural won the freebsd-logo-competition. After > that I heared nothing new about the l33t new look (it turned out really > well ;) ). I want to ask some questions concerning the "look": > > 1) What i

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Per olof Ljungmark
Sven Rütz wrote: Hi FreeBSD-Team, about 4 months ago Anton K. Gural won the freebsd-logo-competition. After that I heared nothing new about the l33t new look (it turned out really well ;) ). I want to ask some questions concerning the "look": 1) What is the licensing of the logo-design by Gural

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Kövesdán Gábor
Sven Rütz wrote: Hi FreeBSD-Team, about 4 months ago Anton K. Gural won the freebsd-logo-competition. After that I heared nothing new about the l33t new look (it turned out really well ;) ). I want to ask some questions concerning the "look": 1) What is the licensing of the logo-design by Gura

New logo, new look

2006-03-06 Thread Sven Rütz
Hi FreeBSD-Team, about 4 months ago Anton K. Gural won the freebsd-logo-competition. After that I heared nothing new about the l33t new look (it turned out really well ;) ). I want to ask some questions concerning the "look": 1) What is the licensing of the logo-design by Gural? Is it under th

Re: Powered-by FreeBSD icon using new logo

2006-03-05 Thread David Stanford
ill still be valid and can > be used, but I don't think there is a place to download the new logo > yet, somebody mentioned something on here about the Copyright stuff > still being finalized. > > fbsd_user wrote: > > Since there in now a new logo for FreeBSD, > > what

Re: Powered-by FreeBSD icon using new logo

2006-03-05 Thread Marc G. Fournier
On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, fbsd_user wrote: Since there in now a new logo for FreeBSD, what about the people who have the powered by old logo icon on their website home pages? Will the old logo still be valid? I hope so ... I've always proudly run displayed Beastie ... Marc G. Fou

Re: Powered-by FreeBSD icon using new logo

2006-03-05 Thread John Cruz
The FreeBSD website says that the old logo will still be valid and can be used, but I don't think there is a place to download the new logo yet, somebody mentioned something on here about the Copyright stuff still being finalized. fbsd_user wrote: Since there in now a new logo for Fr

Powered-by FreeBSD icon using new logo

2006-03-05 Thread fbsd_user
Since there in now a new logo for FreeBSD, what about the people who have the powered by old logo icon on their website home pages? Will the old logo still be valid? Are powered by icon using the new logo available someplace for download. Do we need to get written permission to use it? Where

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread Ansar Mohammed
I agree. I always wanted to buy the freebsd merch but I wasnt into this whole "daemon" thing. On 3/3/06, John Cruz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ceri Davies wrote: > > On 3/3/06 18:01, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >> Ansar Mohammed wrote: > >> > >>> Does anyone know

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread John Cruz
Ceri Davies wrote: On 3/3/06 18:01, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? On a related note: What's the status of the winner of the logo contest? Is it encumbered, is it fre

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread Ceri Davies
On 3/3/06 18:01, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ansar Mohammed wrote: >> Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? >> >> >> > On a related note: > What's the status of the winner of the logo contest? > Is it encumbered, is it free to use? Copyright

Re: New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ansar Mohammed wrote: Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

New Logo

2006-03-03 Thread Ansar Mohammed
Does anyone know where I can get apparel with the new FreeBSD Logos? ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

Re: regarding new logo...

2006-02-28 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 2/28/06, Kristian Vaaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You like the logo? > > Speaking as a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Arts, on behalf > of myself and a lot of other designers, the new FreeBSD logo is worthless. > > It's useless eyecandy. As if we don't have enough of that already. > > The

Re: regarding new logo...

2006-02-28 Thread Kristian Vaaf
You like the logo? Speaking as a lecturer at the Royal Academy of Arts, on behalf of myself and a lot of other designers, the new FreeBSD logo is worthless. It's useless eyecandy. As if we don't have enough of that already. The logo competition wasn't held properly. It was only announced inte

regarding new logo...

2006-02-28 Thread Don Poynter
I'm wondering when the new logo will officially be used for FreeBSD and I'm also wondering if you have the contact info for Anton Gural, the designer who created the new logo. Thanks, DON POYNTER President & Creative Director D'ZINE ALASKA 3705 Arctic Blvd #2445 Anchora

Re: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ (OFF-TOPIC)

2005-11-07 Thread martinko
Allen D. Tate wrote: Very disappointing. I prefer the current logo over a ball with two horns!!! and the font used to write FreeBSD is very unprofessional. It is interesting to see differing opinions. I kinda like the new logo and new font and think that it does look professional. I am not

Re: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ (OFF-TOPIC)

2005-11-06 Thread Allen D. Tate
> Very disappointing. I prefer the current logo over a ball with two > horns!!! and the font used to write FreeBSD is very unprofessional. It is interesting to see differing opinions. I kinda like the new logo and new font and think that it does look professional. I am not saying tha

RE: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/

2005-11-05 Thread Tamouh H.
> > Well, the winner of the FreeBSD logo competition has been > announced - > > see http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ > > > > So what's the verdict then? I have to say I've very impressed, love > > the horns! I'm sorry to disagree. Is this the best they were able to come up with ? Very disa

Re: New Logo - http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/

2005-11-05 Thread martinko
Nick Withers wrote: Well, the winner of the FreeBSD logo competition has been announced - see http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/result/ So what's the verdict then? I have to say I've very impressed, love the horns! hello, i wonder where i could see the other entries ?? also, while looking at

RE: New Logo

2005-11-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Greg Barniskis >Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 3:56 PM >To: Jim Pazarena >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New Logo > > > >If the process gets reversed

RE: New Logo

2005-11-05 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
Yes, the decision can be reversed. Simply do not use the new logo on anything you produce for FreeBSD, such as CDROM copies for customer server installs, web pages you may create that discuss FreeBSD, graphic images you might use as backgrounds, computer presentations, etc. Do not purchase or

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Peter Clutton
On 11/4/05, Greg Barniskis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems to me like those who are up in arms over this: > (a) had every chance to participate in the process > (b) did not participate in the process except to heartily denounce > the very existence of the process and its goal > (c) even now out

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Peter Clutton
On 11/4/05, Alex Zbyslaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Clutton wrote: > > >>Ted wrote: > >> > >>Your opinion, they probably wouldn't agree. If you decide Beastie isn't > >>important enough to bother defending, that's your choice. Of course I > >>will note that you had no problem getting the

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread cape canaveral
rtunate to have a Jack in the Box on every other > street corner, see: > >http://www.jacks-gear.com/ > > [On third thought, I think I'd like my bikeshed in flame red.] > > > -- > Jerry Dunham > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This is an awesome idea! But then some of us

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > > it would be interesting to learn the total # of "core" members, and how > > the vote went, yay and nay, and whether, it at all, the "core" is > > hearing the message which seems to be emanating from the "non-core".. > > Sigh. "*the message*"? Mixed messages at best. Some like it. A few > m

Re: New Logo

2005-11-04 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > On 2 Nov 2005 at 19:31, Jerry McAllister wrote: > > > Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant > > the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won > > a contest is not a logo. It is really just another mascot, this > > time with a kind of Pok

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 2 Nov 2005 at 19:31, Jerry McAllister wrote: > Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant > the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won > a contest is not a logo. It is really just another mascot, this > time with a kind of Pokemon kind of lo

RE: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 2 Nov 2005 at 1:33, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >-Original Message- > >From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 PM > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > >Cc: Free BSD Questions list > >Subject: Re: Ne

RE: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry Dunham
On 1 Nov 2005 at 22:13, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > Sounds a bit high-handed to me, don't you think? You're asking us how it sounds to you? [Make my bikeshed mint green.] -- Jerry Dunham [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing lis

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Greg Barniskis
Jim Pazarena wrote: after reading the original competition posting, it seems that it was orchestrated by the "core" @ freebsd it would be interesting to learn the total # of "core" members, and how the vote went, yay and nay, and whether, it at all, the "core" is hearing the message which seems

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Thursday, 3 November 2005 at 14:26:24 -0800, Jim Pazarena wrote: > after reading the original competition posting, it seems that it was > orchestrated by the "core" @ freebsd Since this is a question, I suppose it's worth answering here. No, this wasn't orchestrated by the FreeBSD Core Team.

New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jim Pazarena
after reading the original competition posting, it seems that it was orchestrated by the "core" @ freebsd it would be interesting to learn the total # of "core" members, and how the vote went, yay and nay, and whether, it at all, the "core" is hearing the message which seems to be emanating from

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
e logo argument has been going on for years. There have been suggestions about getting a new logo, both to thwart the religious bigots and to "be more professional" for a long time before that particular person worried about his/her church response. There have been good reasons and bad

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 03:34:27PM -0600, Lars Eighner wrote: > On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: > > >I point out that removing beastie was not the point of the exercise > >(contrary to Ted's paranoid fantasies of a right-wing Christian > >fundamentalist cabal dictating policy to the core

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Pete Slagle
The thought occurs that the annoying religious fundamentalists are those that revere an amateurishly drawn cartoon. (Of all things.) Idol worship, sect-like fulmination, and blind allegiance to mere symbols representing obscure events in ancient history were never more in evidence. _

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Lars Eighner
On Thu, 3 Nov 2005, Kris Kennaway wrote: I point out that removing beastie was not the point of the exercise (contrary to Ted's paranoid fantasies of a right-wing Christian fundamentalist cabal dictating policy to the core team). In point of fact, the "logo" idea started right here when a righ

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Kris Kennaway
is "the Devil", or > >>something, will sooner or later look at the new logo and think: > >> > >> ``It looks like a head. A horned head. A red, horned head. > >> OH MY FRIGGIN' GOD! THAT'S THE DEVIL HIMSELF!'' > >> >

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread DAve
cpghost wrote: On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:46:26PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: I am not 100% convinced, but if you say so. It seems to be that the religious fundamentalist who thinks Beastie is "the Devil", or something, will sooner or later look at the new logo and think:

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread cpghost
On Wed, Nov 02, 2005 at 05:46:26PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > I am not 100% convinced, but if you say so. It seems to be that the > religious fundamentalist who thinks Beastie is "the Devil", or > something, will sooner or later look at the new logo and think: > &

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Jerry McAllister
> > Hello, > > > On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 01:32:20PM -0700 or thereabouts, Chad Leigh -- Shir= > e.Net LLC wrote: > > Even though I was in favor of a logo being made for FreeBSD (we can keep = > beastie as a mascot), the winner is not what I would call a good=20 > > logo for the purposes for whic

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Alex Zbyslaw
Peter Clutton wrote: Ted wrote: Your opinion, they probably wouldn't agree. If you decide Beastie isn't important enough to bother defending, that's your choice. Of course I will note that you had no problem getting the attention for your books by using Beastie images on their covers. [

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Duo
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: "Offense" is in the eye of the beholder. If you choose to be offended, don't make us all suffer from your sufferings. Similarly, if you choose to be offensive, go somewhere else. -- Duo ___ freebsd-question

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Duo
Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/ Seems to me a fairly nice contribution to the project, It is all irrelevant. I am sure it is a nice book and Ted is knowledgeable in a lot of areas I am sure. Neither he nor I are members of the project and ha

Re: New Logo

2005-11-03 Thread Martin Hudec
Hello, On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 01:32:20PM -0700 or thereabouts, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > Even though I was in favor of a logo being made for FreeBSD (we can keep > beastie as a mascot), the winner is not what I would call a good > logo for the purposes for which logos are used...

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Peter Clutton
On 11/2/05, Ted Mittelstaedt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >-Original Message- > >From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 PM > >To: Ted Mittelstaedt > >Cc: Free BSD Questions lis

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread stan
On Tue, Nov 01, 2005 at 02:04:11PM -0800, stheg olloydson wrote: > it was said by stanb: > > >YUK! > > > >-- > >U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout > >Despite Vietcong Terror > >- New York Times 9/3/1967 > > Look on the bright side! Everyone expected this to tur

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Jerry >McAllister >Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:31 PM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New Logo > > >Folks, >Re: the new "logo" > >

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Jerry McAllister
Folks, Re: the new "logo" Although it may be reasonable to create a FreeBSD logo to supplant the Beastie mascot, unfortunately this thing that has seemingly won a contest is not a logo. It is really just another mascot, this time with a kind of Pokemon kind of look to it. N

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 4:50 AM >To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New Logo > > > >I think the critism is a bit harsh. Any log

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Giorgos Keramidas
that want a more 'professional' > logo. I think this logo does the job very well, all beastie fans can > immediatly recognise it for what it is, while someone who is unaware (i.e. > the PHB) will only see it as a generic logo. I am not 100% convinced, but if you say so. It s

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bob Ababurko
bullshit. First of all the ENTIRE point of this new logo is to increase USE of FreeBSD among the people that allegedly will not use it because of religious "devil" objections. IN SHORT, this logo is FOR THE USERS, NOT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE PROJECT. This is factually incorrect. The

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
e often, lest I ask a question, but I appreciate these sorts of comments by people we 'observe' make reliable, wholesome and always to-the-point-from-experience posts day in and day out. Keep the FBSD lists clean of flames. I haven't followed this entire thread, but opinions a

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
community and documentation. Public fits on the maillists do more damage to any attempt at large corporate acceptance than a new logo might help. Yes, because PHBs and non-techs spend much of their time researching and culling through online forums and archives when making decisions about what

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
e say. Then why was the logo contest opened to all users of FreeBSD (or non-users)? That's no reason to discard one's opinion, especially if that person arguably has the same stake/interest/influence as you do. I am not trying to defend the new logo or beastie or anything as it is

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
hine up other user's butts over the logo. Whether you like it or not, you should respect that. The people who run the project decided to create a new logo. It sucks but hey, it is better than beastie as a logo. Beastie is a fine mascot but he is not a logo. This is your opinion, and it a

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Bart Silverstrim
On Nov 1, 2005, at 5:18 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: Ted, you are an *sshole Please try not to top post...you're being rather vague on what part exactly makes him an "*sshole", in your opinion... ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailin

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread martin
l beastie fans can immediatly recognise it for what it is, while someone who is unaware (i.e. the PHB) will only see it as a generic logo. Too much importance is given to logos, read some of the press releases about new logo designs to see some of the crap marketing drones come out with. It i

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:15 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Free BSD Questions list >Subject: Re: New Logo > > >On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 21:48:57 -0800

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread lars
IMHO a logo, or a new logo, was necessary for technical reasons. Less colors, "vectorable", more modern look. I really like the Beastie character, but it's too complicated a design to use directly as a logo, at least I think so. I actually don't believe this logo was c

Re: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Huajian.Luo
stan wrote: > YUK! > To My disappointed ... but FreeBSD itself really rocks. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: Jun Kuriyama [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 10:43 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New Logo > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > > >A

RE: New Logo

2005-11-02 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: Tim Traver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 11:03 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Steve Bertrand; 'FreeBSD Questions' >Subject: Re: New Logo > > > >Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> >>A

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Tim Traver
Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: Anyway, instead of simply looking at the questioner with an expression like "what kind of fucking moron are you" and ignoring it, or better yet using it as an opportunity to initiate a discussion of the rich UNIX history, this committer started making a horses-ass of hi

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Subhro
efore does not have say. Chad this is bullshit. First of all the ENTIRE point of this new logo is to increase USE of FreeBSD among the people that allegedly will not use it because of religious "devil" objections. IN SHORT, this logo is FOR THE USERS, NOT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE PRO

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Steve Bertrand >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 5:28 PM >To: 'Greg 'groggy' Lehey' >Cc: 'FreeBSD Questions' >Subject: RE: New Logo > > >-- snip

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Jun Kuriyama
all the ENTIRE point of this new logo is > to increase USE of FreeBSD among the people that allegedly will not > use it because of religious "devil" objections. IN SHORT, this logo > is FOR THE USERS, NOT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE PROJECT. > > And for the users that AREN'T E

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
this new logo is to increase USE of FreeBSD among the people that allegedly will not use it because of religious "devil" objections. IN SHORT, this logo is FOR THE USERS, NOT FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE PROJECT. This is factually incorrect. The purpose of having a logo to replace the m

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Greg 'groggy' Lehey
On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 21:48:57 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > [missing attribution to Greg Lehey] >> On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 14:15:30 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >>> On Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:32 PM, Chad Leigh wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Peter Matulis wro

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chad >Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC >Sent: Tuesday, November 01, 2005 3:48 PM >To: Danny Pansters >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org >Subject: Re: New Logo > > >And I am not tryi

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 10:48 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 14:15:30 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: On Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:32 PM, Chad Leigh wrote: On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote: Even though I was in favor of a logo being made for Fr

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
>On Tuesday, 1 November 2005 at 14:15:30 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: >> On Tuesday, November 01, 2005 12:32 PM, Chad Leigh wrote: >>> On Nov 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Peter Matulis wrote: >>> >>> Even though I was in favor of a logo being made for FreeBSD (we can >>> keep beastie as a mascot), the

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Ted Mittelstaedt
2005 2:22 PM >To: Ted Mittelstaedt >Cc: Free BSD Questions list >Subject: Re: New Logo > > > >On Nov 1, 2005, at 3:15 PM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> >> Of course not. You got what you deserved though so shut the hell up. > >Ted, you need to shut the hell

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 8:11 PM, tim cle wrote: Hello, when I was first introduced to BSD, the very first thing that I noticed was Beastie. It got my attention. I pointed to Beastie and asked "Whats that?", and after my initial introduction one of the things that stayed in my mind was Beastie. So,

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
is own project. > > > >> That's no reason to discard one's opinion, especially > >> if that person arguably has the same stake/interest/influence as > >> you do. > > > > I am not trying to defend the new logo or beastie or anything as it > > is

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread virgil huston
On 11/1/05, Clayton Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/1/05, stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > YUK! > > > it appears to be vaguely similar to this: > http://www.gamedaemons.net/ (saw it in a post on slashdot) > In fact, it is so similiar and product related that the FreeBSD logo is

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread tim cle
Hello, when I was first introduced to BSD, the very first thing that I noticed was Beastie. It got my attention. I pointed to Beastie and asked "Whats that?", and after my initial introduction one of the things that stayed in my mind was Beastie. So, as symbol, it fullfilled all the requirements f

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Clayton Smith
On 11/1/05, stan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > YUK! > it appears to be vaguely similar to this: http://www.gamedaemons.net/ (saw it in a post on slashdot) c > -- > U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote - Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong > Terror > - New York Times 9/3/1967 >

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC
On Nov 1, 2005, at 6:04 PM, Michael C. Shultz wrote: Ted may not be on the project but he is the author of "The FreeBSD Corporate Networker's Guide" http://www.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com/ Seems to me a fairly nice contribution to the project, It is all irrelevant. I am sure it is a nice

Re: Please stop off-topic postings (was: New Logo)

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Wednesday 2 November 2005 02:05, you wrote: This mailing list is for technical questions, not discussions. Yes, I'll stop discussing, but once a discussion has started it's not fair to kill it by merely stating that this is not a discussion mailing list on -questions (while it fact it very of

RE: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Steve Bertrand
> > It's like a hockey game. Does the whole bench need to be > involved, or > > can it be solved between a few players who are in the kerfluffel? > > You're babbling. Let me wake you up gently here. What the > heck is your point dude? Point well taken. I will not say right/wrong here, becaus

Re: New Logo

2005-11-01 Thread Danny Pansters
On Wednesday 2 November 2005 01:34, Steve Bertrand wrote: > I understand the frustration and anger here, but let's please think of I don't have any frustration or anger. I just state my opinion. I'm glad you value it highly. > the newbies (people who are just joining in, lurkers if you will) who

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