Martin Bialasinski wrote: > > On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > > > We've been having a logo contest for a long time. It failed to generate > > a consensus on a logo for the project. It got to the point where people > > were clamoring for me to hire a commercial artist and get the job done. > > I went over the candidates in the logo contest, and found one that was > > probably as good as what I would have gotten after spending money on a > > commercial artist. The logo I chose is > > > Hmm, > > Highest Score: > > Page v12 Debian Logo Draft: eb07 Yes 67% (140) No 32% (68) > > Bruce's choice: > > Page v9 Debian Logo Draft: si02 Yes 32% (47) No 67% (96) > > It didn't even make it boyond the ninth page. and I have seen governments > with less then 67% "yes" votes. > > So 67% is no consens? A while back, there was a 99.9% "consens" in voting > for the communistic partys, I don't think the stake is that high any more. > > Was the logo choice one of the cases which required the final > decision of the project leader? > > Now that the choice is made and announced, there is no way back any more. > > Please don't mind me chosing logo eb07 for representing debian on my site. > The decision not to emphasise the liunx penguin that much may be > politically correct (regarding that it is debian GNU/Linux), but I really > like that cute littly guy. >
You know.. my only concern with the Debian logo..was in the comments from spectators.. Most of the "consensus" (there's that word again), was that it should be it's OWN motif. I ask you.. what exactly is a "debian"... :) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .