[Mageia-discuss] Logo proposals discussion

Sun Nov 21 20:35:01 CET 2010

+Well said, Wolfgang .... if the name Mageia is intended to suggest
+magic, then surely part of magic lies in the 'art' of making the complex
+appear simple which is the loftiest goal of Linux, is it not?
+
+George
+
+On Sun, 2010-11-21 at 15:20 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
+> 2010/11/21 Oliver Burger <oliver.bgr at googlemail.com>:
+> > What do all the others? What does the logo at the upper right of this page
+> > say: http://www.deutsche-bank.de/index.htm
+> > Nothing? But still, it's the biggest bank in Germany...
+> 
+> Well, actually the DB logo does say something. The square resembles
+> the safe vault, the slash is the slash of the percent character,
+> standing for interest wins. That's the explanation of the designer who
+> created it. The original was a square with a roof and the complete
+> percent character inside.
+> 
+> And, as Thorsten wrote, the creator of this cauldron logo also
+> explains the meaning.
+> 
+> What strikes me most is the simplicity. A 3-year old can take a stick
+> and scratch it in the sand.
+> 
+
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