Re: Logos proposal

[Fotios Kasolis]

On Jun 10, 2010, at 5:47 PM, John W. Eaton wrote:

> I like the more abstract versions as well.
> 
> When I made the first sombrero image for Octave's web page back in
> about 1997, I really didn't think too much about it.  I was just
> trying to get some 3D image that Octave could create and that I would
> not have to spend a lot of time generating.  The sombrero image was
> easy to make.  That it was a similar to the peaks function that is the
> Matlab logo never occurred to me until much later, and if I had, I
> would probably chosen something else.  So I would prefer to avoid the
> sombrero image as an Octave logo.
> 
> I would prefer to avoid having anything in the logo that refers to
> music since Octave is not named for the musical octave.  Anything that
> reinforces that misconception should be avoided.
> 
> Do we have to have a single logo/icon image?  I don't see a problem
> with having more than one.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> jwe

My suggestion is that we have one, unique, and global icon application and 
several logos. The icon uniqueness axiom is good in the sense that everybody 
will recognize Octave by its application icon, it is like giving an id that 
signals the product. On the other hand a logo is sth that we place in our web 
pages or printed teaching material and there should be some alternatives.