Martijn, Martijn van Exel wrote:
I'd have to concur. Firstly, a new logo is not something you roll out on its own, it's part of a new 'corporate identity'
To be honest, if SWG started forming a "corporate identity subcommittee" I'd probably run away screaming. (They would provide local chapters with little brochures explaining how much space there must be between the logo and any text, and which Pantone colours exactly to use for the logo. Nothing else will do!) Next, we'll have to hire a web designer and an usability consultant, and a PR company craft press releases about how OSM is "reinventing location" and other bullshit bingo top hits.
To continue that on the technical side, any change we make would have to be announced one year in advance to that nobody's mission-critical application can fail. We would have to hire full-time technical staff and implement "frozen zones" to make sure that our systems are perfectly oiled at critical times, etc. etc. etc. - goodbye OSM Foundation, hello OSM Corporation.
I like the haphazard way in which things are done around here. And I'm not saying this tongue-in-cheek, I really do. It gives me hope that we're not yet in a situation where every improvement has to go through some sort of complicated three-level approval process.
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