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Jeremy Reed announced, "the NetBSD Foundation has selected an official logo for identifying NetBSD. Over 400 logos were submitted by 238 artists for a NetBSD logo contest. The winning logo was submitted by Grant Bissett, a new media designer from Perth, Western Australia." The new logo was mentioned in the project's third quarter status report [story] in early October, then waiting on legal processes. Here's the old logo, for comparison.
"NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable Unix-like open source operating system available for many hardware platforms, from 64-bit Opteron machines and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make NetBSD excellent in both production and research environments, and it is user-supported with complete source."
From: Jeremy C. Reed [email blocked] To: netbsd-announce Subject: NetBSD announces new logo Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:33:46 -0700 (PDT) The NetBSD Foundation has selected an official logo for identifying NetBSD. Over 400 logos were submitted by 238 artists for a NetBSD logo contest. The winning logo was submitted by Grant Bissett, a new media designer from Perth, Western Australia. Members of the NetBSD Foundation voted for the new logo from a short-list of six submitted designs selected by the logo committee. Characteristics important for the new logo were simplicity, appealing form and color choice, and identification with the project. This is the second major milestone this year for creating a new, recognizable, and differentiated NetBSD identity after registering the NetBSD trademark in April 2004, said Scott Reynolds, a former director of the Foundation. The new logo, which features a flag, is used on the NetBSD.org website and will be used for software media, apparel, advertisements, promotional materials, and the NetBSD Foundation literature. NetBSD is a free, secure, and highly portable Unix-like open source operating system available for many hardware platforms, from 64-bit Opteron machines and desktop systems to handheld and embedded devices. Its clean design and advanced features make NetBSD excellent in both production and research environments, and it is user-supported with complete source. Many applications are easily available through the NetBSD Packages Collection. More information about NetBSD is available via http://www.NetBSD.org/. Jeremy C. Reed ``Of course it runs NetBSD.'' http://www.NetBSD.org/
new logo
*shrug* i prefer the old. Something about this new logo lacks the netbsd personality. I think someone suggested they should have fit a toaster in somewhere, IMO that idea sounds more interesting.
where's my daemon
imo i think the new logo is excessively homo and unmotivational compared to the original. how does a flag rotated at 120 degrees portray an os designed to be cleanly coded, reliable, and portable? i guess i missed out on the day the nbsd userbase approved on what the new logo should be.
Indeed, the old logo has a lo
Indeed, the old logo has a lot more spirit, the new one looks like it's made to appeal to corporate executives or something.
Irrelevant OS
It is sad that the NetBSD had followed Open BSD and Free BSD
into irrelevance.
It's okay
I think I like this one. It's simple alright, but reminds me of the NetBSD flag seen in the older logo, except it looks much more clean - like something you could put on your website. The old one never scaled nicely.
What a bunch of idiots
Those who voted for this orange flag logo should be shot. I can't disagree with them more. The old devil logo had the BSD spirit and now this new orange flag is lacking any spirit. What a HUGE mistake!!!