Re: Fw: New GNU-GCC logotype (Concept Look v 1.0) <smaller version for gcc@gnu.org>

["Turbanov Vladislav Dmitrievich" <boxforsr at inbox dot ru>]

> Steven Bosscher wrote:
> > On Friday 29 October 2004 23:19, Bernardo Innocenti wrote:
> >
> > > The key point is that we don't need another funny logo that
> > > *we* like.  Do we want more users?  Then we need something
> > > as boring as Microsoft's logo for Developer Studio, perhaps
> > > designed by psychologists or marketing experts.
> >
> >
> > I don't believe suddenly more people will rush to GCC just
> > because our logo looks prettier.
>
> Not "suddenly", perhaps, but you might be surprised.  This sort of stuff
> does affect how people think of a project or product, often on a 
> subconscious
> level that they aren't even aware of.
>
> Colin

   I hate stereotypes, but seems that programmers don't think of a good 
external program look like of its good internal optimisation or smth. That 
is a mistake since nowadays people have raster monitors.=) I think that 
should be clear, that such an output device can't be ignored.