Logo contest?!

[Jerry McAllister]

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> 
> On Feb 14, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Martin Ibert wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm at a loss about whom to contact, since the PR slot on the contacts 
> > page only says "seat open". So I tried "questions".
> >
> > I've read on slashdot that you entertain the notion of running a 
> > FreeBSD logo contest. As a long-time user of FreeBSD, both 
> > professionally and privately, I seriously question the wisdom of doing 
> > so.
> >
> > For us old-timers in the IT field, the Beastie logo has always been a 
> > reassuring point of reference. BSD code has been renowned for being 
> > rock-solid, brilliantly engineered, and all that has been symbolized 
> > by the daemon logo.
> >
> > But alas! All your sibling projects that I am aware of have chickened 
> > out and chosen some other imagery as their logo (NetBSD, the faceless 
> > banner; OpenBSD, the fat fish; Dragonfly, what choice did they have?). 
> > You are the last one standing, the carrier of the flag.
> >
> > Please, don't chicken out like the others. Carry Chuck, the Beastie, 
> > forward into the new millennium, as a reassuring presence that 
> > excellence in coding is still alive and kicking (or be it with 
> > sneakers).
> 
> Dude, here's a can of worms.  Do with it what you will.
> 
> -Bart

We have had enough noise on this for two lifetimes.   If you have
to indulge yourself, just go look at the last week's archive
and leave us alone.

////jerry

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