On Wed, May 05, 2010 at 01:24:06PM -0500, Juan M. Rodriguez wrote:
2010/5/5 Adam Miller <[1]maxamillion(a)fedoraproject.org>
I've stopped wearing my Fedora baseball cap I bought from brandfuel
stores because of a similar situation. I had 5 people within a time
frame of only a couple hours ask me why I had a Facebook hat on. Sad
times.
-AdamM (from Android )
I used to carry a backpack with a Fedora sticker on it. Ended up pasting
that sticker on my desktop after constant "Oh sweet, where'd you get that
Facebook sticker" questions, so I know how you feel.
I can only respond that:
(1) Our logo came first, so nyah-nyah-nyah.
(2) Facebook probably has as many attorneys as Red Hat, so going after
them wouldn't get us much other than a big invoice.
(3) I don't think they look that much alike.
(4) Now that some of the friends in our communities actually have
permanent Fedora tattoos *on their bodies*, it's very unlikely
we'll consider changing just because someone else has an "f" logo.
This post is entirely humorous in nature, except for the last point
maybe.[1] Carry on, you fine ladies and gents!
* * *
[1] Because seriously, barring a catastrophe we're not going to change
our branding. :-)
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