[Info-vax] Which symbol to use for VMS?

[IanD]

On Friday, June 12, 2015 at 8:14:10 PM UTC+10, MG wrote:
> Dirk Munk schreef op 12-jun-2015 om 08:34:
> > OK, but the accompanying tag line was:
> >
> > "In an ocean full of guppy operating systems, wouldn't you want to be
> > the king of the seas?"
> >
> > That may have been appropriate at the time, but is a bit over the top now.
> 
> /Over the top/...?  You're trying to promote a product here, or are
> you trying to be a shy schoolgirl?  There's no place for modesty in
> marketing, or anywhere where people want to make inroads and achieve
> something.
> 
> And if VMS isn't that king now, if it doesn't strive to become one
> (or, again), or in its domain, then you might as well not bother
> and give up already.
> 
> 
> > As a symbol for what VSI is doing right now, the Phoenix is very
> > appropriate i.m.h.o.
> 
> It looks tacky and similar to the Firefox logo, especially color-
> wise.
> 
> 
> > After all, DEC tried to kill off VMS, Compaq announced it just after the
> > merger was made public, and HP announced it. So at least three times VMS
> > rose from the ashes so to speak.
> 
> Who /didn't/ tried to kill it off?!  VMS is that shark that evades
> the nets and poachers, VMS has managed to stay out of the Chinese
> delicatessen corner.
> 
>   - MG

The new undisputed king of the ocean is in fact the Orca (killer whale)

It's smart, works in conjunction with it's fellow Orca and is even self-sacrificing if it needs to be for the protection of it's offspring

If you want to watch something on the Orca, watch the movie Blackfish  but prepared to be sickened by what has been done to these majestic creatures and if you still wish to take your kids to Seaworld after seeing this film then I will be stunned to say the least

The Great White is no longer king of the ocean, the Orca outclasses it totally. 
The Orca has even learnt how to approach a Great White in combat, flip it over, placing it into a catatonic state and then simply tears the Great White to bits

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-04/great-white-killed-by-killer-whales-in-sa/6069168

The area of their brains that handle emotion is the largest of any creature on earth and surpasses humans in size and complexity

They have a rich vocabulary and large social structures

I think this creature far more so than the shark is a better match for a logo for VMS along with all the symbolism gleaned from the behaviors of such a great creature 

I don't however mind the phoenix but I am not too sure about the red's used in the one VSI put forward. There is a great set of lectures by TTC (The Teaching Company) on colour (yeah, Aussie spelling) and how even colour shades are important as well as the colour itself, I am not sure VSI have really nailed it with the phoenix yet

My 2C worth...