[boost] Re: Logo comments

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-03-08 22:31:01

"Jonathan Turkanis" <technews_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Trey Jackson wrote:
>> (list lurker responding)
>>
>>  >67 - This is clearly one of the best logos.
>>
>> Speaking of associations - when I saw this I first thought of
>> Cingular's logo <http://www.cingular.com>, which seems like a bad
>> thing.
>
> Me too. When I first saw it, I told my wife it reminded me of an
> existing logo,

I had the same reaction, but I think it's just similar to a few things
and has "that logo look" about it.

> but I couldn't think of which one. She said "Purina" (http://www.purina.com/).
> Later I figured out I was probably thinking of cingular.
>
> On reflection, I decided that the logos really weren't that similar; I'm a bit
> worried that the similarity also occurred to someone else.

Yeah, that's three people now.  I wasn't worried before, but now I am
slightly concerned.

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Dave Abrahams
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