[advocacy-discuss] Logo/Mascot Continued...

[Brian Gupta]

On 7/10/07, Stephen Lau <stevel at sun.com> wrote:
>
> Tim Foster wrote:
> > Sara Dornsife wrote:
> >> It's a personal preference thing. I would like to avoid the use of a
> >> critter. I seem to be alone in this desire.
> >
> > Nope, me too - in fact I'm anti-mascot in general tbh.
> >
> > I don't think the project needs a little cartoon character, we've
> > already got an excellent graphical style, through the gorgeous
> > vector art on the website - I'd rather see a continuation of our
> > existing style if possible.
> >
> > [ cf. netbeans or apache - they've got some pretty
> > nice grown-up art, no need for cartoon characters there ]
>
> +1
> I guess I don't feel the need for a cartoony mascot either.  I wouldn't
> mind a cool logo akin to the Debian logo, but I don't see what having a
> mascot buys us.


How about a Solar System or Galaxy themed logo?

I have updated the Logo/Mascot proposal page to include a picture of an
OpenSolaris DVD that I decorated with a "logo" that captures the
Galaxy/Solar System theme.:

http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/OpenSolaris_Potential_Logos

Please take a look. Comments are appreciated. Also please feel free to add
your own suggestions to the list.

--brian
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