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
--- Sam Nilsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > lo

Re: New logo, new look

2006-03-07 Thread Ceri Davies
On Tue, Mar 07, 2006 at 11:19:28AM +, Ceri Davies wrote: > 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 i

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. > >>It sucks big time. > >> > >>When you have a contest a

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, I'm surprised

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 demon) isn't still being made,

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 plai

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, you could have j

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, there's nothing

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 just > closed the contest with no

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 just > closed the contest with no winn

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 thread w

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 outcome of th

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's bee

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