From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BhPBB-0003wQ-MH for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 04:50:25 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.33) id 1BhPB9-0003vo-Vc for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 04:50:25 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1BhPB9-0003vl-RM for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 04:50:23 -0400 Received: from [212.11.36.58] (helo=www2.translationforge.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLSv1:DES-CBC3-SHA:168) (Exim 4.34) id 1BhP90-0008Vg-Bb for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Mon, 05 Jul 2004 04:48:10 -0400 From: Jean-Michel POURE Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] Icon proposal: a carnival mask Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:48:08 +0200 References: <200407032340.29784.jm@poure.com> <200407050958.34813.jm@poure.com> <1089015638.23205.1110.camel@aragorn> In-Reply-To: <1089015638.23205.1110.camel@aragorn> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <200407051048.08123.jm@poure.com> Reply-To: jm@poure.com, qemu-devel@nongnu.org List-Id: qemu-devel.nongnu.org List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: jhoger@pobox.com Cc: qemu-devel@nongnu.org Le lundi 5 Juillet 2004 10:20, John R. Hogerhuis a =C3=A9crit : > Of course, I intended my response only as constructive criticism, > Jean-Michel. I think it's great to see work on a mascot/logo. Agreed. > I'm surprised no response to the "emu" idea since it is an animal and > the emulator is Qemu. A Emu with racing goggles or something might do as > a mascot. Some people don't like "cartoonish" mascots for FOSS projects > but I think they really send out a positive message that FOSS is for > everyone, it's not some stuffy elitist thing that's out of anyone's > grasp. Tux is probably the best example of this. OK, but designing a mascot demands real skills. I am a programmer, I can on= ly=20 use Gimp, Inkscape and other tools to design animals (probably after=20 digitalizing images, I can't draw). We need an artist! Kind regards, Jean-Michel