Rafael Vanoni wrote: > Hey Glynn > > Amongst all the Indiana/OpenSolaris stuff that has been going on and > because you mentioned that Sun is paying someone to come up with a logo, > I can't help but wonder if this new logo is for OpenSolaris as a whole > or OpenSolaris as Indiana (?)
Apologies if I missed the response, but has there been an answer to this question? How does this discussion wrap up? Will there be a poll to vote for a final choice? Bonnie > > thanks > Rafael > > >>> On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Glynn Foster <Glynn.Foster at sun.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Hey, >>> > >>> > Pretty much since the inception of the project, we've been using the >>> full word >>> > mark as the logo - >>> > >>> > http://www.opensolaris.org/images/header.png >>> > >>> > which has worked out pretty well. >>> > >>> > We've produced some pretty awesome looking swag, but to some extent, it >>> has >>> > limited use. For example, try fitting it into a boot screen like Alan >>> struggled >>> > with last month - >>> > >>> > >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/advocacy-discuss/2008-February/001753.html >>> > >>> > or using it in the desktop user interface, and you'll soon find yourself >>> > struggling with its size restrictions. Could we free those up? >>> > >>> > Or, could we also change the logo to generate better brand affinity, and >>> > highlight some of the themes that are central to our project? >>> Innovation? >>> > Collaboration? Boundlessness? A couple of people at Sun have been >>> looking at >>> > this very thing, and recently contracted an agency to start exploring >>> some of >>> > these ideas - >>> > >>> > http://www.gnome.org/~gman/opensolaris-logos/logos.html >>> > >>> > complete with Simon's head, for giggles. Thanks to James Duncan >>> Davidson for use >>> > of his photo of Simon at EuroOSCON. >>> > >>> > What do you think? Are there any strong themes coming through? Could >>> you imagine >>> > seeing some of those designs on some swag or in the desktop UI? Do you >>> like the >>> > color palette, or the design? Could you suggest some changes? >>> > >>> > >>> > Glynn >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > advocacy-discuss mailing list >>> > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss >>> > > _______________________________________________ > advocacy-discuss mailing list > advocacy-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/advocacy-discuss
