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

Colin Douglas Howell chowell2@pacbell.net
Sat Oct 30 10:37:00 GMT 2004


Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:
> Bernardo Innocenti <bernie at develer dot com> wrote:
> 
>> 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.
> 
> [snip]
> 
>> 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.
> 
> Motivated by your opinion I sat down and created another logo quickly. 
> This is a more stylized drawing of a gnu - not psychologist proven but a 
> little more demure. If you're interested it was *inspired* by an image 
> visible here: http://blog.virgilio.it/thisisnotablog

That looks kind of cool to me.  Clean and simple.

Colin



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