re: "Hopefully we will not have to ever repeat it."
+1 to that.
That said, I will proudly wear this on a T-shirt. Look forward to the new
logo rollout!
On 9/1/11 12:30 AM, "Stack" <st...@duboce.net> wrote:
>Your PMC voted the following as the new HBase logo:
>
> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/attachment/12492477/01.jpg
>
>It will replace the now retired bass clef that has served us well down
>through the years.
>
>We hope you like it.
>
>The process by which we came up with this design was long and
>torturous. Hopefully we will not have to ever repeat it. At one time
>the thought was to have the broad hbase community vote on the logo but
>getting your PMC just to agree on a small set of contenders was like
>pulling teeth; painful all around (engineers and design == not such a
>good mix). May you all forgive us for keeping the decision committee
>small.
>
>We'll roll it out in the next day or so.
>
>A new website redesign is also on its way. Hopefully that will show
>up soon too. We'll keep you posted.
>
>Yours,
>St.Ack
>
>P.S. Thank you to dezinden on 99designs for the winning logo
>P.P.S Thanks to StumbleUpon for forking over the dollars to fund the
>99designs competition
