Turbanov Vladislav Dmitrievich wrote:
Thank U, Dave. I didn't understand what U have said =), but I think
that this means some kinda chaotic nature ... I would like to tell all of
U, that comments and suggestions, concerning this prototype are wellcome.
I'm very glad we're discussing GCC's logo as we clearly need
better branding for our project.
For comparison, look at what Mozilla just did to improve the
percepted quality of their products. As a consequence, it
seems they're finally expanding their "market" very quickly.
Given that, I'm sorry to say that the new logo is nice and
I like it much better than the current one, but it's probably
not what GCC would need to improve user's perception of its
quality and reliability as a development tool.
I work for a consulting company that is strongly based on FOSS
technology. GCC is our primary compiler for many different
platforms and environments. When I work with developers from
other companies, I'm often very surprised to hear what they
think about GCC.
Joe's Developer opinion ranges from "insufficient, too simple"
to "misses many key features", "old-fashioned" or even
"unreliable", "made by hobbyists/teens".
GCC's quality as a professional tool is undefensible: they
keep staring at our home page and refuse to believe it really
is a better compiler that their XYZZY commercial tool.
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.