[MonoDevelop] Logo

[Arjan Hulshoff]

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.