Logo

Gideon de Swardt wrote:
>> I wouldn't call it dictatorship. At some point
there has to be made the 
>> decision to stop change the logo. It is not good to
change your logo 
>> continously, because a logo is a brand. People
recognize a logo and it 
>> is important to position yourself in the market. So
I can understand 
>> this decision. Eventhough this is an open source
application, it still 
>> needs a recognizable brand and to become popular.
And after all that is 
>> what we all want... Popular open source
applications for everyone, used 
>> by everyone. Maybe Lluis should have told it
differently, but that is 
>> merely a choice of words. It is all marketing.
Something most of us 
>> don't deal with, but is still a part of the
acceptance of an 
>> application.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Arjan.
>>     
>
> The problem Arjan is that logo that we are talking
about has not been even
> been used at all, not on the website and not on the new
release 0.12.
> Correct me if I am wrong but MonoDevelop has never had
an official logo,
> hence it state on the website and I quote:
>
> "We need a logo! It would be awesome if somebody
could design a decent logo
> and splash window for MD." 
>
> Here is a link to the page that I am referring to.
> http:/
/www.monodevelop.com/Development_Roadmap
>
> I truly understand branding and marketing, hence way I
realize how important
> it is that a product looks good!!!
>
>
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Still there is no reason to call it dictatorship. I agree
that it would 
have been better to take that statement of the website. It
certainly 
prevents discussions like this.  But the fact that the logo
has never 
been used in an official release is not an argument to keep
developing 
it. Isn't it more important to spend time developing MD to
improve it, 
then keep wasting time on developing a logo? I mean the logo
is 
important, but there are as many different tastes as there
are people.

Regards,
Arjan.
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On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:00:23 +0200
Arjan Hulshoff <arjan.m.hulshoffzonnet.nl> wrote:

> Still there is no reason to call it dictatorship. I
agree that it would 
> have been better to take that statement of the website.
It certainly 
> prevents discussions like this.  But the fact that the
logo has never 
> been used in an official release is not an argument to
keep developing 
> it. Isn't it more important to spend time developing MD
to improve it, 
> then keep wasting time on developing a logo? I mean the
logo is 
> important, but there are as many different tastes as
there are people.

Dear Arjan,
I know that the MD team is really engaged in the development
of this wonderful
application, but as Gideon said, also a
"commercial" logo is important in
order to "sell" applications. It's not a case that
the logo I proposed
remembers the Visual Studio logo. I think that one of the
Microsoft success
key is to develop attractive graphics inside its
applications.

At the moment, I think that MD logo and website are really
poor.

Kind regards,
Salvatore

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> I know that the MD team is really engaged in the
development of this
> wonderful application, but as Gideon said, also a
"commercial" logo is
> important in order to "sell" applications.
It's not a case that the logo I
> proposed remembers the Visual Studio logo. I think that
one of the
> Microsoft success key is to develop attractive graphics
inside its 
> applications.
> At the moment, I think that MD logo and website are
really poor.
> Kind regards,
> Salvatore

I agree 100% with Salvatore.


		
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