[Mageia-dev] Art, Logo and Branding

Fri Sep 24 12:35:45 CEST 2010

Marc Paré wrote:
+> I think in the grand scheme of things, we should all acknowledge that 
+> should the name "Mageia" not work, that a name change would be a 
+> possibility, just as a logo change is still a possibility. We have seen 
+> this from many OSS firms who went through this process.
+> 
+> We should be careful in making the distro too "cottagey" or "home grown" 
+> in looks and flavour. I would suggest that the long term vision for the 
+> distro also include a commercial aspect. There should be a community 
+> driven distro and a commercial distro (read server). If we organise 
+> under these terms, then the choice of name, logo and branding changes.
+
+Hi Marc,
+
+I think you're mixing up 'marketing' and 'commercial'. The consumers are 
+not necessarily clients.
+
+I think that Graham's point is that finding a name or a logo have to be 
+consequences of the project's philosophy, and not random accidents (as 
+in many FOSS or even commercial projects).
+
+To answer Graham, it seems Mageia's founders thought  about that when 
+they started the fork : the notion of magic (or rather automagically) is 
+at the heart of the Mandrake/Mandriva/Mageia vision.
+The notions are (I'm quoting from http://mageia.org/):
+- simplicity (targeting new (or lazy) Linux users)
+- magical configuration tools (wizards)
+- integration
+- innovation
+- community
+
+Maybe we can start from there.
+
+-- 
+Malo
+
+