[XCSSA] Logo changes.. for the Stallman Lecture
X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio
xcssa at xcssa.org
Tue Apr 14 22:39:02 CDT 2009
X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
> X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio wrote:
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>> FYI guys..
>> Stallman was "upset" that our new logo has Tux, the BSD Daemon, and not the
>> GNU beast:
>> http://xcssa.org/pics/XCSSA-logo_name-only_solder-dremel_500X200-alpha.png
>>
>> I told him that we can't modify our shirts, but that I would modify the logo
>> that they're plastering on the backs of our "reserved for XCSSA.ORG seats".
>> So here it is:
>>
>> http://xcssa.org/pics/XCSSA-logo_name-only_solder-dremel+GNU_500X200-alpha.png
>>
>> Or at least the first draft...
>>
>> Anyway.. he'll be riding back in the minivan with us from the lecture to SAC..
>> so someone (other than me) please feel free to ask him why we should change
>> our logo long term.. I would love to hear what you all think about it his
>> request.
>>
>> Tweeks
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> Stallman is a great thinker and due a great amount of respect for his
> vision, but he's lost the marketing war. There's no way he's going to
> disjoin all the GNU parts from the Linux kernel in the minds of all the
> people who were introduced to the whole as 'Linux'.
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> If he wants to get everyone's attention and have them start talking
> about the GNU operating system perhaps he should sit right down and
> write a better kernel that results in a better OS.
>
> Matt (not Firestorm) Grooms
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Maybe he could call it the HERD.
Steve
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