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Ken Hough wrote:
> Andy,
>
> Sorry about delay in responding. I've been busy!
>
> I still feel that the logos make the poster look too busy. Also, as I tried to 
> mention previously (I guess that message was blocked because of an 
> attachment), I feel that a poster would have more impact if the main feature 
> was LINUX rather than a (possibly) confusing array of unfamiliar emblems.
>
>   
I do have the word Linux in huge letters nearly at the top of the 
poster, which I would have thought would be enough. More people have 
seen tux probably but then there are two tuxes in my poster in a fairly 
prominent place, and I still want to stand by the 'unity in diversity' 
point - I think one of the greatest strengths of linux is the fact that 
there are so many different distros, each with their own uses. Having 
the distro logos maybe helps convey this impression of a diverse 
community rather than a single organisation with a single logo. Also, 
people maybe expect to see just one logo on a poster, so having several 
is more eye catching in itself.
> It's hard enough to explain to most people the concepts behind Linux and open 
> source stuff without getting into the pros and cons of the many distros that 
> are available.
>
>   
The poster doesn't mention distros by name at all in the current 
version, which I agree on.
> By now, most people will have seen TUX.
>
> I've posted an updated version of my old poster for comment at:
> <http://slscope.co.uk/Documents/LinuxAdvert3.odt>
>
>   
I think that the wording on your version (or something similar) might be 
better than mine as it's more to the point of what most people are 
interested in when thinking of using linux. I wrote mine the way I did 
because I wanted to explain the point about software freedom, but maybe 
it's more important at first to tell people what linux can do for them.

andy