New FreeBSD Logo

[Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC]

On May 10, 2006, at 2:41 AM, Beech Rintoul wrote:

> On Wednesday 10 May 2006 00:30, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote:
>> On May 10, 2006, at 2:25 AM, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote:
>>> He became a mascot only after the 'new-logo' people
>>> started agitating for the sex-ball.  Prior to that all the
>>> literature referred to him as a logo, when the word logo was
>>> used.  (which wasn't often, but it was used)
>>>
>>> This is nothing more than an argument of appeasement and
>>> has been explained before in this forum, please quit insulting
>>> our intelligence.  We all know that Beastie's place as the
>>> logo has been supplanted, and your side won, and your crude
>>> attempt to explain away Beastie is insulting.  You won, be
>>> content with that.
>>
>> Wow, Ted a top-poster!
>>
>> A professional evaluation of "beastie" showed he was not a logo and
>> had served as a poor-one at that in his ersatz role as a wanna-be
>> logo.   (Note that I did not say that Beastie was poor but that he
>> had served as a poor logo based on professional criteria of what
>> makes a good logo).  Beastie has his place.
>>
>> Chad
>
> That's all well and good, but I for one don't plan to replace the  
> "powered by"
> beastie logo on any of my sites with that sex-toy. It would be  
> interesting to
> see how many webmasters agree with me.

We have had this out before.  No one is asking you or forcing you to  
replace any beastie you have anywhere.  Can me move on?  The post I  
made was specifically in response to one from Ted where he made  
claims about professional reviews of the new logo.

For the record, the new logo doesn't impress me either.

move along

Chad

>
> Beech
>
>
>>
>>> Ted
>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>>>> [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions at freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Björn  
>>>> König
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 10:35 PM
>>>> To: Lawrence Horvath
>>>> Cc: freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
>>>> Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo
>>>>
>>>> Lawrence Horvath schrieb:
>>>>> I quite like the new logo, i think the new one is far more
>>>>> professional then the old one, though i liked them both.
>>>>
>>>> I would say that there isn't an old one. Beastie is a little bit
>>>> older
>>>> than FreeBSD and I would understand it as mascot, not as a logo.
>>>> So the
>>>> new logo is not a replacement, but rather something that is
>>>> missing for
>>>> many years; and Beastie is still alive.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>  Björn
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