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Re: akademy2008 logo sucks.
by Jakob Petsovits on Thursday 13/Mar/2008, @05:38

> Well can only blame KDE for that...

Blame for what? Being flamed by people who poison the conversation climate and only accept when stuff is at the same or a higher level of quality than before, without contributing in any way?

> In the last dot posts KDE has made outstanding artwork.
> And this piece of KDE marketing material is not to that level...
> So one wonders what happened?

My guess would be that this kind of stuff has to be recreated anew all the time. It's not like quality of something that already exists is in decline, it's something *new* that has probably not been created by the same people as the other materials, and therefore is different (or less artistically inclined, if you wish).

Stuff like this can only made to be great if a lot of talented people work on it and have it reviewed and improved by a lot more people. The "review and improve" process might not have been as detailed as with previous marketing materials, but again, I don't feel that the spiral needs to wind up higher and higher without allowing any exceptions. We get what people work on. If someone has a better solution than one that exists, it might get considered as replacement. Unless that happens, I would prefer people not to complain but to help review and improve stuff.

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Re: akademy2008 logo sucks.
by Jakob Petsovits on Thursday 13/Mar/2008, @06:38

And I think this is the key point here:

KDE is not an organization, neither is it a product.
Everything in here is the work of individuals, people who feel enthusiastic about KDE and do what they can and like to.

For example, it's easy to say "The Oxygen style is utter crap" (which is of course not true and just for demonstration - similar complaints happen with other parts of KDE, though). In fact, this is exactly the same as "Casper Boemann, your work is utter crap". Now, would you say that? No you wouldn't, but nobody has problems with stating something like the former.

So, this isn't about KDE marketing materials, or about a feature that appears when you move the mouse to the upper right of the screen. Hardly anything in KDE is done by more than three people. You don't criticize an anonymous entity, but one or two people who worked hard to get something done. This is about people, and each time you say "I hate this stuff" without even trying to improve it, you insult a real person.

Think about it.

P.S.: This is not specific to the parent poster (the one above my own reply, that is).

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