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Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust

From Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust
Date 2019-05-12 18:01 +0300
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <slrnqdgdad.r6v.whynot@orphan.zombinet> (permalink)
References <1p8kqf-g9o.ln1@rasp.therandymon.com>

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with <1p8kqf-g9o.ln1@rasp.therandymon.com> RS Wood wrote:

*SKIP*
> Red Hat's chief marketing officer discovered their logo was rendering
> poorly in digital formats (especially on small devices like
> smartphones). But then they discovered even bigger problems in surveys
> (including with potential customers) about what feelings the logo
> evoked: Sinister.  Secretive. Evil. Sneaky. These respondents might
> not have known anything about Red Hat, but they did believe that man
> lurking in the shadows didn't immediately inspire their trust.

Huh?  Somehow it wasn't apparent before IBM set up shop in there.  Go
figure.

*CUT*

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Stallman's goal for GNU is even simpler: Freedom

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Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust RS Wood  <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-05-11 21:16 -0400
  Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2019-05-12 18:01 +0300
    Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2019-05-12 21:27 -0400
      Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust The Real Bev <bashley101@gmail.com> - 2019-05-12 23:03 -0700
        Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust Dan Purgert <dan@djph.net> - 2019-05-13 11:24 +0000
      Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2019-05-13 07:59 +0000
        Re: Red Hat learns people associate its logo with mistrust Steve555 <Steve555@bogus.nodomain.nowhere.invalid> - 2019-06-15 20:11 +0000

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