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NetBSD Announces Logo Design Competition
jschauma writes "The NetBSD Project has announced that it has
launched an international competition for the creation of a new logo. There
is a cash prize of US $100.00 for the winning entry. The successful logo will
also have wide exposure, featuring in all NetBSD material including, but not
limited to; the NetBSD.org web site, software media, apparel, and business
systems. The competition will close on February 29, 2004. The rules of the
competition, submission information and the design brief can be found in the
official
announcement, which has already spawned some discussion on the netbsd-advocacy
and current-users
MailingLists." The announcement notes that the current logo is "too complicated... hard to reproduce... [and] has negative cultural, and religious ramifications."
"too complicated... hard to reproduce... [and] has negative cultural, and religious ramifications."
So political correctness has made it to open source.
Oy!
Progressivism: Parasites helping parasites to help themselves - to other people's stuff.
so now we're going to change it to angels, i hope?
OR... Winnie the pooh!
OR... http://www.sco.com/images/sco_logo_blue.gif
There is a cash prize of US $100.00 for the winning entry.
With the dollar going the way it is it'll cost me more to bank the cheque than it is worth over here!
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This sig is inoffensive.
It's offical, Netcraft confirms Net BSD's logo is dying
Maybe they should change the logo to a closed casket.
Progressivism: Parasites helping parasites to help themselves - to other people's stuff.
oh, wait. nevermind.
The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits.
NetBSD's claim to fame is running on everything from your PC to a dead squirrel in a cardboard box.
No, it doesn't. It's a cartoon devil. It doesn't offend anyone. Really. Unless you're one of those freaks who won't let their kids watch Scoobie-doo because it's got ghosts in it.
Reminds me of this story featuring a poor sysadmin's experience in Hick Town, Texas.
1) Change the colour. Red is too demonic. Black would be good, no-one objects to Tux after all, but you wanna make the face stand out. Make that much lighter, and slightly more prominent.
2) Lose the horns. Something like big round ears would be friendlier.
3) Lose the pitchfork and tail. You want something that gives an air of class - like white gloves
4) No nudity, please; we need more than trainers or this is just pornography. Put shorts on the dude or something. You could even make them red, sort of a homage to the original. But you'd need to simplify the footwear.
That would be perfect. No-one could ever object to that.
It would look something like this : google link
free experimental electronic music netlabel at www.viablehybrid.com
SCENE: Dr Evil addressing /. audience ...
... and the reward for best logo will be ... [PAUSE FOR EFFECT] 1 HUUUNNNDREED DOLLARS!
Dr. Evil:
[FAST ZOOM ON DR. EVILS MOUTH/PINKY]
Dr. Evil: And can I get a logo with devils with frickin lasers on their heads!
> It's a devil.
It's not, it's a daemon. A friendly helper that lives inside your computer serving websites, answering your spam and being fingered. Really, if I had to put up with all that it'd be enough to make me grow horns and a tail!
"'I pass the test,' she said. 'I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel.'"
- JRR Tolkien.
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm an OS of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Gary Kildall
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Bill Gates
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck around Digital
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed VMS and its decendents
The VAXen screamed in vain
I rode my way
through USLs day
when the lawsuit raged
and the licenses stank
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the OSes they made
I shouted out,
Who killed System V?
When after all
It was you and me
etc... my apology to the Rolling Stones..
Can be found here...
Wait a minute - this is NETBSD we're talking about here, right?
The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer. - Albert Einstein
...and they didn't even tell me.
Way to gout out of your way there, Net BSD. After years of loyal servitude, this is how you treat me.
Cue The Sun...
.02
cLive ;-)
-- Trinity in high heels carrying a whip: The donimatrix - there is no spoonerism
I can totally understand updating or changing a logo to get attention or even seperate NetBSD from the other distros, but if anyone changes a logo because of stupid assumptions then I must abandon it based on principle. I fear deeply computer-illetirate people might view find it a symbol of evil because it runs on the a computer it must be Microsoft.
Last I checked the US wasn't a theocracy...
When was the last time you checked?
Al.The Daily ACK - Eclectic posts by yet another hacker
How about a coffin. We all know BSD is dead.
Because when people see a picture of Bill Gates, they pretty much assume they're getting a Microsoft product.
This is not my sandwich.
NAA! (Not Another Acronym!)
Losing faith in humanity one person at a time.
My Big Fat Greek Wedding:
Father: All words come from Greek! Give me a word and I'll show you how it came from Greek!
Friend: OK... "Kimono".
Father: Let's see. Oh! I know!
Dewey, what part of this looks like authorities should be involved?
He did the same to the Napolean Iron Cross.
And what on Earth has the Teutonic Iron Cross got to do with Napoleon!?!?!?
Ethics is what you say you do. Morals is what you actually do.