[TYPO3-english] is TYPO3 a kid toy or a serious ECMS? was: Rebranding: Get the green back

[Rasmus Skjoldan]

bernd wilke wrote:
> Am Mon, 08 Oct 2012 10:34:20 +0200 schrieb Martin Bless:
>>
>> Short and concise:
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>> I watched the keynote of the T3CON. The reason(ing) I heard was: "We
>> want to simplify things for you. It's cheaper to print the logo on
>> t-shirts and so on with just one color. People would say TYPO3 is
>> 'orange'". Did I miss an argument?
>>
>> Here's what I think: We have a strong brand TYPO3 with a clear logo
>> since years. It is "orange and green". You would only touch ANYTHING of
>> a well established visual symbol (shape, color, Freiraum, ...) if you
>> really have GOOD reasons.

We had, I think.

> The reasons given above are not *good* reasons
>> in that sense.

I agree. Didn't have time to help Robert enough.

> TYPO3 has become a kid toy:
> there is a big TV channel for kids which used orange since years for
> their logo: nickelodeon
>
> whoever wants to associate TYPO3 with nickelodeon should use the pure
> orange.
>
> is TYPO3 a kid toy or a serious ECMS?

I don't really think that argument is valid.

Just type "orange logos" in a google image search. You could say that 
about so many identities.

eEst,
Rasmus

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> bernd