Subject: Re: NetBSD Daemon
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 05/10/2002 22:01:52
On Fri, May 10, 2002 at 06:24:14PM -0600, Herb Peyerl wrote:
> Charles Shannon Hendrix <shannon@widomaker.com>  wrote:
>  > I don't think the image will "work" at all: I don't like it.
> 
> It's important to remember that Chris did this on his own (or presumably
> via daemonnews) meaning DN can do whatever it wants with that image and
> sell t-shirts or whatever with that image.  I believe he suggested that
> if NetBSD was interested in it, we could use it for whatever as well
> (not speaking for him)... So if we collectively don't like it, then 
> we can lump it...

...which is as it should be.

> But I do have to say, Chris has gone a lot further than anyone else 
> around here.  

In that he drew something, sure.  But keep in mind that some people have
not bothered drawing or looking for another logo because we don't mind
the current one.

I've looked around and done some sketches, but it's a waste of time
until the results are better than what we have.

> I challenge those who don't like it to produce something of equal quality
> that they like, for everyone to judge.

I cannot build a Honda or a Yugo, but I'm still qualified to pick the
better of the two... :)

I thought the end result of the previous discussion as that, for the
most part, the current logo will do.

The FreeBSD mascot is the best all around daemon I have seen so far.


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