NetBSD Announces Logo Design Competition

jschauma writes "The NetBSD Project has announced that it has launched an international competition for the creation of a new logo. There is a cash prize of US $100.00 for the winning entry. The successful logo will also have wide exposure, featuring in all NetBSD material including, but not limited to; the NetBSD.org web site, software media, apparel, and business systems. The competition will close on February 29, 2004. The rules of the competition, submission information and the design brief can be found in the official announcement, which has already spawned some discussion on the netbsd-advocacy and current-users MailingLists." The announcement notes that the current logo is "too complicated... hard to reproduce... [and] has negative cultural, and religious ramifications."

Looking for a politicly correct logo?

[HanzoSpam]

"too complicated... hard to reproduce... [and] has negative cultural, and religious ramifications."

So political correctness has made it to open source.

Oy!

angels?

[hyphun]

so now we're going to change it to angels, i hope?
OR... Winnie the pooh!
OR... http://www.sco.com/images/sco_logo_blue.gif

$100?

[perly-king-69]

There is a cash prize of US $100.00 for the winning entry.

With the dollar going the way it is it'll cost me more to bank the cheque than it is worth over here!

Re:Its Official

[HanzoSpam]

It's offical, Netcraft confirms Net BSD's logo is dying

Maybe they should change the logo to a closed casket.

Logo Suggestion

[Giant Ape Skeleton]

I think a penguin would be...
oh, wait. nevermind.

Re:wow

[Duty]

NetBSD's claim to fame is running on everything from your PC to a dead squirrel in a cardboard box.

Re:Looks fine to me!

[Bish.dk]

No, it doesn't. It's a cartoon devil. It doesn't offend anyone. Really. Unless you're one of those freaks who won't let their kids watch Scoobie-doo because it's got ghosts in it.

Reminds me of this story [interesting-people.org] featuring a poor sysadmin's experience in Hick Town, Texas.

Suggestions

[WhyteRabbyt]

1) Change the colour. Red is too demonic. Black would be good, no-one objects to Tux after all, but you wanna make the face stand out. Make that much lighter, and slightly more prominent.
2) Lose the horns. Something like big round ears would be friendlier.
3) Lose the pitchfork and tail. You want something that gives an air of class - like white gloves
4) No nudity, please; we need more than trainers or this is just pornography. Put shorts on the dude or something. You could even make them red, sort of a homage to the original. But you'd need to simplify the footwear.

That would be perfect. No-one could ever object to that.

It would look something like this : google link [google.com]

How about...

[Anonymous Coward]

[freshmeat.net]
this.

Obvious movie reference

[binaryDigit]

SCENE: Dr Evil addressing /. audience ...

Dr. Evil: ... and the reward for best logo will be ... [PAUSE FOR EFFECT] 1 HUUUNNNDREED DOLLARS!

[FAST ZOOM ON DR. EVILS MOUTH/PINKY]

Dr. Evil: And can I get a logo with devils with frickin lasers on their heads!

Re:Looks fine to me!

[adrianbaugh]

> It's a devil.

It's not, it's a daemon. A friendly helper that lives inside your computer serving websites, answering your spam and being fingered. Really, if I had to put up with all that it'd be enough to make me grow horns and a tail!

Sympathy for the daemon

[k98sven]

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm an OS of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Gary Kildall
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Bill Gates
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around Digital
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed VMS and its decendents
The VAXen screamed in vain

I rode my way
through USLs day
when the lawsuit raged
and the licenses stank

Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the OSes they made
I shouted out,
Who killed System V?
When after all
It was you and me

etc... my apology to the Rolling Stones..

Politically correct NetBSD Logo

[Anonymous Coward]

Can be found here [shat.net]...

Wait . . .

[shystershep]

The successful logo will also have wide exposure

Wait a minute - this is NETBSD we're talking about here, right?

So I'm Fired...

[BSDevil]

...and they didn't even tell me.

Way to gout out of your way there, Net BSD. After years of loyal servitude, this is how you treat me.

oh, oh, me, me, me (jumps up and down excitedly :)

[cliveholloway]

Considering how much BSD code was used in Windows services for UNIX [slashdot.org], how about this [canondv.com].

.02

cLive ;-)

Re:devil?

[diersing]

True, I've noticed the Duke Blue Devils and New Jersey Devils are also aflicted by this terrible religious ignorance. Where for some reason the Anaheim Angles continue to prosper under His umbrella of tolerance and understanding.

I can totally understand updating or changing a logo to get attention or even seperate NetBSD from the other distros, but if anyone changes a logo because of stupid assumptions then I must abandon it based on principle. I fear deeply computer-illetirate people might view find it a symbol of evil because it runs on the a computer it must be Microsoft.

Re:negative cultural, and religious ramifications?

[aallan]

Last I checked the US wasn't a theocracy...

When was the last time you checked?

Al.

Coffin

[Anonymous Coward]

How about a coffin. We all know BSD is dead.

Re:devil?

[theonetruekeebler]

Because when people see a picture of Bill Gates, they pretty much assume they're getting a Microsoft product.

Re:Looking for a politicly correct logo?

[quantum bit]

I read an anecdote here on Slashdot about someone who was in the American Deep South on holidays and was thrown out of a store for wearing a BSD shirt, and veiled hints that he had better leave town.

The store owner probably mistook the BSD daemon for the New Jersey Devils logo. Likely, the Stars were playing the Devils that week and that's why there was such a strong reaction.

Re:wow

[MrNybbles]

"

It's a BSD flavour to be correct. Or YAUL (Yet another unix like)" -- Anonymous Coward

NAA! (Not Another Acronym!)

Re:Looks fine to me!

[Just Some Guy]

My Big Fat Greek Wedding:
Father: All words come from Greek! Give me a word and I'll show you how it came from Greek!
Friend: OK... "Kimono".
Father: Let's see. Oh! I know!

Re:Looking for a politicly correct logo?

[Kosgrove]

My McMeal rings up as $6.66. Teenaged girl behind counter flips out, and insists that the food is free. When I try and tell her it's no big deal; I'm not afraid of a number she gets REAL upset and flat-out REFUSES to take my money.

You wouldn't happen to remember what you ordered, would you? I eat live for free and just travel around the bible belt....

Re:Looks fine to me!

[Larsing]

He did the same to the Napolean Iron Cross.

And what on Earth has the Teutonic Iron Cross got to do with Napoleon!?!?!?

Re:Looking for a politicly correct logo?

[lylfyl]

How unusual was your order?

I can imagine that poor girl having a breakdown if $6.66 popped up everytime someone ordered something common.

Customer#1: "I'll have 2 Big Macs and a large Coke."
Cashier: "That'll be $6.66. AAAH! EVIL! Your meal is free."
Customer#2: "Cool! I'll have 2 Big Macs and a large Coke, too."
Cashier: "AAAH! It's free!"
Customer#3: "I'll have what they're having.."
Cashier: "AAAH! My soul! It's burning!"