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[Bonnie Corwin]

Rafael Vanoni wrote:
> Hey Glynn
> 
> Amongst all the Indiana/OpenSolaris stuff that has been going on and 
> because you mentioned that Sun is paying someone to come up with a logo, 
> I can't help but wonder if this new logo is for OpenSolaris as a whole 
> or OpenSolaris as Indiana (?)

Apologies if I missed the response, but has there been an answer to this 
question?

How does this discussion wrap up?  Will there be a poll to vote for a 
final choice?

Bonnie

> 
> thanks
> Rafael
> 
> 
>>>  On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 6:57 PM, Glynn Foster <Glynn.Foster at sun.com> wrote:
>>>  > Hey,
>>>  >
>>>  >  Pretty much since the inception of the project, we've been using the full word
>>>  >  mark as the logo -
>>>  >
>>>  >  http://www.opensolaris.org/images/header.png
>>>  >
>>>  >  which has worked out pretty well.
>>>  >
>>>  >  We've produced some pretty awesome looking swag, but to some extent, it has
>>>  >  limited use. For example, try fitting it into a boot screen like Alan struggled
>>>  >  with last month -
>>>  >
>>>  >  http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/advocacy-discuss/2008-February/001753.html
>>>  >
>>>  >  or using it in the desktop user interface, and you'll soon find yourself
>>>  >  struggling with its size restrictions. Could we free those up?
>>>  >
>>>  >  Or, could we also change the logo to generate better brand affinity, and
>>>  >  highlight some of the themes that are central to our project? Innovation?
>>>  >  Collaboration? Boundlessness? A couple of people at Sun have been looking at
>>>  >  this very thing, and recently contracted an agency to start exploring some of
>>>  >  these ideas -
>>>  >
>>>  >  http://www.gnome.org/~gman/opensolaris-logos/logos.html
>>>  >
>>>  >  complete with Simon's head, for giggles. Thanks to James Duncan Davidson for use
>>>  >  of his photo of Simon at EuroOSCON.
>>>  >
>>>  >  What do you think? Are there any strong themes coming through? Could you imagine
>>>  >  seeing some of those designs on some swag or in the desktop UI? Do you like the
>>>  >  color palette, or the design? Could you suggest some changes?
>>>  >
>>>  >
>>>  >  Glynn
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