Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-03 Thread Paul Serice
> > > As I read more and more about Hurd.. I still can't stop thinking > > > "WHY?".. in a couple hundred more revisions.. the Linux kernel may well > > > come close to being a microkernel. What are the clear cut benefits? > > > (Just a few simple lines please.. no dissertations.. I'd as a profess

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-03 Thread Wintermute
Anand Kumria wrote: > > On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Wintermute wrote: > > > I ask you.. what exactly is a "debian"... :) > > Funny you should mention that: I just happened to be going through my > magazine and came across Linux Journal circa Dec 1994. On the cover > "Exclusive Art Exhibit: What Is a Lin

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-03 Thread Wintermute
Paul Serice wrote: > > Wintermute wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > From: Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > On a bit of a tangent, how ready is the Hurd to replace the Linux > > > > kernel? > > > > > > I am not one of the people testing it. RMS is still running Debian o

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Anand Kumria
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Wintermute wrote: > I ask you.. what exactly is a "debian"... :) Funny you should mention that: I just happened to be going through my magazine and came across Linux Journal circa Dec 1994. On the cover "Exclusive Art Exhibit: What Is a Linux" and the rest of the cover is popu

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Paul Serice
Wintermute wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > From: Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On a bit of a tangent, how ready is the Hurd to replace the Linux kernel? > > > > I am not one of the people testing it. RMS is still running Debian on his > > laptop :-) > > > > What I would hope

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread bruce
From: Jim Pick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Good choice. You forgot to give some credit to the artist (Simon?) That's why. All I have is "Simon?". > Do you think SPI should trademark it? Yes, definitely, right away. It turns out that it is absurdly easy to file for a trademark, I did the "debian" one

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Oleg Krivosheev
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Jim Pick wrote: > > > The logo I chose is > > > > http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/profile/si02.html > > Good choice. You forgot to give some credit to the artist (Simon?) though. > > Do you think SPI should trademark it? What sort of licensing

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Jim Pick
> The logo I chose is > > http://fatman.mathematik.tu-muenchen.de/~schwarz/debian-logo/profile/si02.html Good choice. You forgot to give some credit to the artist (Simon?) though. Do you think SPI should trademark it? What sort of licensing do you think would be best? What does the original

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Mon, 1 Dec 1997, Wintermute wrote: > As I read more and more about Hurd.. I still can't stop thinking > "WHY?".. in a couple hundred more revisions.. the Linux kernel may well > come close to being a microkernel. What are the clear cut benefits? > (Just a few simple lines please.. no dissertat

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread bruce
"Wintermute": > What are the clear cut benefits [of the Hurd]? It's a research OS, while Linux/Unix is mostly based on 1970's technology. This is not to say that it's better. That might be an individual decision. Bruce -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscri

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Wintermute
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > From: Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On a bit of a tangent, how ready is the Hurd to replace the Linux kernel? > > I am not one of the people testing it. RMS is still running Debian on his > laptop :-) > > What I would hope is that the HURD would support the

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-02 Thread Wintermute
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 do

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-01 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On 1 Dec 1997 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > including SCO and so on. We're going to have to get a lot farther with 86open > before that happens. Thought it would be awhile... Hurd looks like it has some neat technology, though. Thomas. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "un

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-01 Thread bruce
From: Martin Bialasinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Highest Score: > Page v12 Debian Logo Draft: eb07 Yes 67% (140) No 32% (68) Yes, indeed that has the highest score. Unfortunately, the criteria for choosing it were not quite right. We can't register it as a trademark and it's too easily confuse

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-01 Thread bruce
From: Tommy Lakofski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On a bit of a tangent, how ready is the Hurd to replace the Linux kernel? I am not one of the people testing it. RMS is still running Debian on his laptop :-) What I would hope is that the HURD would support the 86open standard (essentially GNU LIBC with

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-01 Thread Martin Bialasinski
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

Re: Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-12-01 Thread Tommy Lakofski
On Sun, 30 Nov 1997, Bruce Perens wrote: > This is the logo of "Debian GNU/Linux". Any future Debian system we do with > the Hurd would obviously have a different logo. We could still use a logo > for Software in the Public Interest. On a bit of a tangent, how ready is the Hurd to replace the Lin

Debian GNU/Linux Logo chosen

1997-11-30 Thread Bruce Perens
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