[Zope] - Logo: "Zope inside"

[Paul Everitt]

Bob wrote:
> Have the Zope principals considered a different
> logo?  The current logo is ...is...ok but It might help
> to have something that "sizzles".

Yes.  At a minimum, the current logo has a color problem.
 
> I see that the http://www.opensource.org 
> has a logo contest and there are a number
> of cool submissions:
> 
> http://www.lerdorf.on.ca/os/logos.php3

We previously ran a logo contest but didn't get a lot of submissions.
 
> Does (will) zope.org sell any stickers for 
> server boxes that say:  "Zope Inside" ?

If there's a demand I'll do just about anything.  Of course, last time I
said that was at a party in college, and it's taken years to get that
incident off my record :^)
 
> It seems like the day is not to far away when
> anyone can order a _small_ box that only has
> two connections:  Power and 100/Ethernet. 
> No monitor/keyboard,  built in battery backup
> like laptops. 
> 
> Take it to the home/office/ISP and plug 
> it into the network, turn on the hidden 
> switch and you have a
> "Zope Instant Web"  
> Naturally, the OS is Linux.  

Think of Linux less as the OS and more as the Zope runtime system :^)

> Boxes could be sold by the
> big guys: Dell/Gateway/Micron etc or
> even an off-brand outfit.

Obviously these boxes are already being sold and doing well.
 
--Paul