New FreeBSD Logo Contest to Close on June 30

xbsd writes "The Official FreeBSD Logo Contest is closing on June 30, 2005. As of June 23 they have received 429 compliant submissions, but if you got the skills you still have a few hours left to submit a proposal. Now, is it time for F/OSS projects to follow NetBSD and get a more polished (or as some would say, 'corporate') public image?"

I like beastie

[menkhaura]

I didn't see the other entries, but I like beastie, Christian fundamentalists notwhitstanding. FreeBSD won't be the same without the handsome little daemon.

Re:Long live Beastie

[Picass0]

Or how about this one: http://www.metlife.com/ [metlife.com]

Cartoon characters have a far greater public awareness than corporate icons. I bet if you travel the world you would find more people who recognize your favorite newspaper comicstrip character than the AT&T logo.

Can you picture in your head an image of the logo for Ameritrade? How about Dagwood from Blondie? Or Charlie Brown?

Beastie is known on every continent in the world. That's not too shabby. How do you think the new logo can improve on that?

Re:Suddenly Everyone is an Art Critic

[Zemplar]

"Sometimes programmers should stick to programming."

Precisely why they are asking for your help in submitting a logo!

"Yet the FreeBSD group now seeks some official looking sterile abstract icon so they can show everyone their software is 'Pro'?"

Obviously a little more PR and advertising of the BSDs are needed. Almost everyone has heard of Linux, however, very few outside of more "serious" IT circles or IT hobbyists have even heard of BSD, let alone FreeBSD. John Q. Public needs to know there is a better alternative and solution than Linux or at least they would have the knowledge that more options exist and they may choose either route themselves.

Re:I like beastie

[nacturation]

And what they don't need is something that looks like a generic flag. Sorry, but I don't find NetBSD's logo (as linked in the summary) to be very creative. Maybe someone said the same thing about the Nike swoosh or McDonald's golden arches originally, but time will tell whether NetBSD's stands the test of time. Perhaps with enough marketing dollars thrown at it (hah!) it will last.

Finally it is nearly over...

[Anonymous Coward]

I have been waiting for the contest to end, so I could see the top contestants. Probably it will take another 90 days for the judges to pick one. Yawn. Will there be a gallery? Will there be controversy, oh the geekiness, the corporateness...

For me, an OpenBSD freak, I just have to wait 6 months to see the new theme-based art, based on what ever is pushing Theo's buttons. Some is better than others, some of it has stunk, but it changes Every Six Months, I like that.

Puffy has taken on a timeless glow, I think he'll be around for a while.

Go for it, make an image for your self!