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Re: [PLUG] PLUG T-Shirts (Was LinuxWorld Expo)
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On 11 Feb 2001 12:00:38 -0500, Beldon wrote:
> Rupert--
>
> With all due respect to you and your opinion, I think it would be better if
> we keep to promoting Linux rather than dogging Windows. I think the Linux
> kernel has gotten to the point of maturity where it can stand on its own
> merits, rather than Windows' (or any other OS's) faults. Hopefully we in the
> Linux community have reached that level of maturity as well.
Well said.
>
> Also, I think an original idea-- especially based on something that says
> something about us and our little town. New York's LUG T-shirts had Tux as a
> cabbie (cigar and all). What a cool tie-in!
yeah, they were neat.
>
> I was thinking something like Tux flying a kite in a thunderstorm, or signing
> the Declaration of independance (pretty apt image there [no pun intended]),
> or something along those lines.
I like it! I was thinking of Tux, soft pretzel in one hand, leaning on
the Liberty Bell.
"Linux - the real cradle of liberty"
This may be better.
Anybody here a graphic artist? Or know one?
>
> Think of what happened 225 years ago in Philadelphia. A rag-tag band of
> outcasts and colonists got tired of what was offered by the regime they lived
> under and decided they could make things better themselves.
>
> Sound familiar? Now how do we work that visually into an image people will
> look at and say, "Cool shirt! Can I buy a dozen from you?" Or, even better,
> "How do I join?". (Or how about, "Can I cater your meetings?")
LOL! Now, if we could get a beer dirtibutor to make that offer ...
>
> On Sunday 11 February 2001 11:23, you wrote:
> > To move this idea along, I have a suggestion for what to put on the
> > T-shirts.....
> >
> > On front:
> >
> > We
> > -P- [illy] -L- [inux] -U- [ser] -G- [roup]
> > the holes in Windows
> >
> > On Back: (idea from VA Linux T shirt - I love it)
> >
> > There is nothing wrong with Windows 2000 that Linux can't fix.
> >
>
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