[advocacy-discuss] Re: [ogb-discuss] Re: [osol-discuss] Logo/Mascot for OpenSolaris

Robert Hutchison Robert.Hutchison at Sun.COM
Sat Jun 23 08:03:34 PDT 2007


How about a more simpler VIEW.

An open door looking out over a fertile green landscape (hills) all the
way to the horizon with a Sun rising in the background. All seen from
the doorway...

Simon Phipps wrote:
> 
> On Jun 22, 2007, at 23:36, Jim Grisanzio wrote:
> 
>> I always liked the polar bear.
> 
> 
> Me too.  The one Chandan drew was gorgeous, sunglasses and all.
> 
>> Many times. In fact this conversation started back in the pilot  
>> program and has cropped up from time to time on the marketing and  UG 
>> lists (which are now advocacy-discuss). I think there are  trademark 
>> issues, but I'm not speaking from any real knowledge on  that. Sara is 
>> quite knowledgeable on this, though, so I'm sure  she'll chime in.
> 
> 
> Great idea to get Sara to pipe up, yes. This is one of those things  
> were an actual Marketing Professional might be involved. This stuff  is 
> actually hard, subtle and benefits from experience. I know us  engineers 
> are expert at /everything/ but, well, y'know...
> 
>> I agree with Steve. I don't think the OGB has a role here. I think  
>> the (soon to be opened) Advocacy CG can work on this, fix all the  
>> known issues, and then go to the larger community.
> 
> 
> I agree, this is a job for the Advocacy CG. The OGB is only needed if  
> there's a dispute that can't be resolved. It's possible we may want  to 
> get ideas in the Advocacy CG, then request Sun's marketing people  to 
> check them out for us and commission some professional artwork,  and 
> then have an OpenSolaris-wide Contributor vote to choose between  the 
> options that would actually work.
> 
> S.
> 
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