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OO.org Selects Its Own Sea Bird

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the penguin-was-taken dept.

Elektroschock writes "A new mascot of the OO.org project was announced today: A crazy sea gull. I wonder whether it will help to convince office workers of Open Office. "Andrea [Maggioni]'s contribution is not only beautiful and effective but also illustrates the potential of young people to contribute importantly to real projects under the banner of Free and Open Source Software." Andrea, "whose cheerful drawing, of a fun-looking seagull holding a fish, plays on the "OOo" shorthand of OpenOffice.org"... ehemm, it's a crazy sea gull."

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  1. Huh? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    According to Ian Lynch, Schools Project lead, "Andrea's contribution is not only beautiful and effective but also illustrates the potential of young people to contribute importantly to real projects under the banner of Free and Open Source Software.

    WTF? No it's not and no it doesn't. lol. How the fuck did they read all that shite about OSS in that shitty drawing of a retarded gull? LMAO! BTW, doesn't OO come with a fucking spellchecker? MASCOTT INDEED!

  2. Re:Well..... by You+Didn't+Spellchec · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Nobody said geeks knew anything about advertising...
    While I most certainly respect the creativity and thoughtfulness that went into this...corporations won't "buy" into the cute, loveable image. They want something that looks a tad more professional.

    Nobody ever said geeks who read Slashdot know anything about reading an article before opening their big mouths about something they know nothing about.

    If you'd take the time to actually read the announcement, you'd see that the mascot is for the "Schools Project of OpenOffice.org (OOoEdu)", not for OO as a whole. Yes, Virginia, the Slashdot summary really is wrong.

    So most likely, corporations aren't going to see this, and if they do, they'll understand that this message is targetted to kids. I guess they're smarter than you, then, because you didn't seem to pick up on this simple message.

    And no, this isn't flamebait, this is an observation made by someone who is in the advertising industry.

    Oh shit! This explains it... you're a marketroid! No wonder you didn't catch the subtlety that the mascot is for a subproject of OO...

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  3. Re:See the Other Submissions by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Getting your copy of Photoshop off Kazaa doesn't make it "100% free software"
    The winning entry was touched up with Photoshop LE, which is included free with many tablets and digital cameras, and WINE was used instead of Windows.

    We do not copy software illegally as this would defeat our whole movement, and we definitely don7t use any non-free software.

  4. Re:See the Other Submissions by williamstephens007 · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    When you are looking for a real job, let me know.

    Until then have fun with the kiddies and open source.

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    MCSE,MCDST,Well Respected VBScripting Guru
    williams007@yahoo.com,(212)275-4831
  5. Re:No, YOU need to castrate yourself immediately by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I want to put my pee pee in your poo poo hole

  6. Re:See the Other Submissions by Mr.+Darl+McBride · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Photoshop LE isn't free. You're forced to pay for it alone with the cost of the tablet, camera, scanner.
    Please don't feed the trolls.
  7. Gay!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Yeah, it sucks, even worse than TUX.

  8. Re:See the Other Submissions by sonamchauhan · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    > Please don't feed the trolls.

    The only trolling I see here is yours -- claiming a bundled copy of PhotoshopLE is free software.