[F]
> well, see for yourself:
> http://www.pythonlabs.com/logos.html
We should explain that. I'll let Bob Weiner (BeOpen's CTO) do it instead,
though, because he explained it well to us:
<BOB>
From: weiner@beopen.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 1:23 AM
Just to clarify, the intent of these is for use by companies or individuals
who choose on their own to link back to the PythonLabs site and show their
support for BeOpen's work on Python. Use of any such branding is wholly
voluntary, as you might expect.
To clarify even further, we recognize and work with many wonderful parties
who contribute to Python. We expect to continue to put out source releases
called just `Python', and brand platform-specific releases which we produce
and quality-assure ourselves as `BeOpen Python' releases. This is similar
to what other companies do in the Linux space and other open source arenas.
We know of another company branding their Python release; this helps
potential customers differentiate offerings in the largely undifferentiated
open source space.
We believe it is important and we meet with companies every week who tell us
they want one or more companies behind the development, productization and
support of Python (like Red Hat or SuSE behind Linux). Connecting the
BeOpen name to Python is one way in which we can help them know that we
indeed do provide these services for Python. The BeOpen name was chosen
very carefully to encourage people to take an open approach in their
technology deployments, so we think this is a good association for Python to
have and hope that many Python users will choose to help support these
efforts.
We're also very open to working with other Python-related firms to help
build broader use and acceptance of Python. Mail
<pythonlabs-info@beopen.com> if you'd like to work on a partnership
together.
</BOB>
See? It's not evil. *All* American CTOs say "space" and "arena" too much,
so don't gripe about that either. I can tell you that BeOpen isn't exactly
getting rich off their Python support so far, wrestling with CNRI is
exhausting in more ways than one, and Bob Weiner is a nice man. Up to this
point, his support of PythonLabs has been purely philanthropic! If you
appreciate that, you *might* even consider grabbing a link.
[Thomas Wouters]
> Oh, that reminds me, the FAQ needs adjusting ;) It still says:
> """
> 1.2. Why is it called Python?
>
> Apart from being a computer scientist, I'm also a fan of "Monty Python's
> Flying Circus" (a BBC comedy series from the seventies, in the -- unlikely
> -- case you didn't know). It occurred to me one day that I needed a name
> that was short, unique, and slightly mysterious. And I happened to be
> reading some scripts from the series at the time... So then I decided to
> call my language Python. But Python is not a joke. And don't you associate
> it with dangerous reptiles either! (If you need an icon, use an
> image of the
> 16-ton weight from the TV series or of a can of SPAM :-)
> """
Yes, that needs to be rewritten. Here you go:
Apart from being a computer scientist, I'm also a fan of
"Monty BeOpen Python's Flying Circus" (a BBC comedy series from
the seventies, in the -- unlikely -- case you didn't know). It
occurred to me one day that I needed a name that was short, unique,
and slightly mysterious. And I happened to be reading some scripts
from the series at the time... So then I decided to call my language
BeOpen Python. But BeOpen Python is not a joke. And don't you associate
it with dangerous reptiles either! (If you need an icon, use an image
of the decidedly *friendly* BeOpen reptiles at
http://www.pythonlabs.com/logos.html).
> And while I'm at it, I hope I can say without offending anyone that I
> hope the logo is open for critisism.
You can hope all you like, and I doubt you're offending anyone, but the logo
is nevertheless not open for criticism: the BDFL picked it Himself! Quoth
Guido, "I think he's got a definite little smile going". Besides, if you
don't like this logo, you're going to be sooooooooo disappointed when you
get a PythonLabs T-shirt.
> ...
> I-still-like-the-shirt-though!-ly y'rs,
Good! In that case, I'm going to help you with your crusade after all:
Hi! I'm a .signature virus! copy me into your .signature file to
help me spread!
RetroSearch is an open source project built by @garambo | Open a GitHub Issue
Search and Browse the WWW like it's 1997 | Search results from DuckDuckGo
HTML:
3.2
| Encoding:
UTF-8
| Version:
0.7.4