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We have seen this +</I>><i> from many OSS firms who went through this process. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> We should be careful in making the distro too "cottagey" or "home grown" in +</I>><i> looks and flavour. I would suggest that the long term vision for the distro +</I>><i> also include a commercial aspect. There should be a community driven distro +</I>><i> and a commercial distro (read server). If we organise under these terms, +</I>><i> then the choice of name, logo and branding changes. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> A name and logo for the Mageia project should exude a community spirit as +</I>><i> well a professional corporate spirit. Would a business have a problem +</I>><i> repeating "We use the Mageia distro to run our servers and our desktops."? I +</I>><i> personally think that the name is solid in this case, whether for community +</I>><i> or corporate use. Side note: I prefer the "soft g" sound of the name --- " +</I>><i> Mah jay ah " (more like the French "j'ai" sound) -- it sounds classy. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> So, the logo should then follow suit and exude the same feeling. It should +</I>><i> reflect both a feeling of community as well as bear the scrutiny of +</I>><i> corporate world. Would they feel confident in hanging our shingle (read +</I>><i> logo) on their website's front page? I too tend to sway more towards the +</I>><i> simple logo concept. I don't personally think that a magic wand would not +</I>><i> work in a corporate setting, this would then limit it's use. We would then +</I>><i> have to adopt a corporate logo. I am not sure if this would make good sense +</I>><i> as, in a way, we would then be fragmenting the distro. A solid logo for +</I>><i> both, in my opinion, would make the most sense. +</I>><i> +</I>><i> Marc +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> +</I>><i> _______________________________________________ +</I>><i> Mageia-dev mailing list +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">Mageia-dev at mageia.org</A> +</I>><i> <A HREF="https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev">https://www.mageia.org/mailman/listinfo/mageia-dev</A> +</I>><i> +</I> +I'm just a user. I totally agree, although I like to play a little. +I do need a sleek and serious logo/symbol to the OS I use, usually a limo, +but able to deploy a +super-space-age-robot-ready-to-save-the-universe-if-necessary feeling. This +is what I expect. Hope I did not scared you all :D. 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