On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, artur bala wrote: > > Dear Allin, > I was asked by some colleagues of mine about the praying boy in the > gretl's icon. What does it stand for? Is there any connection with some > statistical issues?
It's a girl, Gretel, the Grimm character. > Do you think a more, let's say, econometric-inspired icon will increase > the chances of gretl to get noticed? I personally like very much the fact that gretl's logo has _nothing_ to do with econometrics and conveys a warm and gentle image rather than a cold, possibly pretentious, attempt to look "scientific" by scattering a few Greek letters here and there. I'd rather surprise a user by guaranteeing state-of-the-art speed and accuracy coupled with a fairytale character as a logo than the other way around. There was some similar discussion on the user list a while back, you'll find it in the July 2006 archives. Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti Dipartimento di Economia Università Politecnica delle Marche r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti
