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Boost Logo Contest

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We have a winner!

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Entry no. 75 by - - - Zoltan "cad" Juhasz

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[Note: "Library" is incorrect. The proper term is "Libraries"]

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This is a tough decision. Based on the IRV program the winner is supposed to be Simeon Nasilowski, entry number 67. However, entry 67 clearly fails to meet one of the requirements:

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The logo must be free of any copyright or other intellectual property claims.

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It was noted by Eric Niebler, and confirmed by others that entry 67 has a glaring similarity to the marketing imagery of Visual Studio. See: http://tinyurl.com/6chhn. Hence, entry number 75 by Zoltan "cad" Juhasz will have to be the winner. Congratulations Zoltan!
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I shall now leave it up to the Boost Moderators to decide on whether the winning logo shall replace the current or not. The current consensus, based on recent discussions in the boost-dev list is to hold a second contest given everything we have learned so far. The contest was not as easy at it seemed at first and there's a lot we learned from it. Some people, like Christopher Diggins and Genandiy Rozental proposed some stricter and perhaps better formed guidelines and voting procedures. I shall take this into consideration if and when we hold a second contest.
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- Again, thanks to everyone who participated and those who helped out. Special thanks to Jason Hise and Vladimir Prus who independently wrote the IRV programs:

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and Kalin who did the initial tallies and collecting the votes:

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Boost is an open, collaborative effort that includes thousands of programmers from the C++ community at large. Boost is hoping to retire the existing logo and adopt a new one. We are now launching a competition for the creation of a new logo.
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Entries will be accepted on or before March 1, 2005. I will act as the logo contest manager. Please email all entries to me (djowel at gmail dot com). I shall post all submitted entries to Boost's web site. The competition will close on March 22, 2005 and the winning entry will be announced soon thereafter.

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Boost

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Joaquín M López Muñoz


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Joaquín M López Muñoz
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Adapted from a design by Jonathan Turkanis

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Joaquín M López Muñoz
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Joaquín M López Muñoz
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Joaquín M López Muñoz
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- Sphere

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Joaquín M López Muñoz
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- Plus B

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René Rivera
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- Abstract 1

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René Rivera
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René Rivera
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- boost/+

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René Rivera
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René Rivera

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René Rivera


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- Rocket1

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René Rivera
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René Rivera
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René Rivera
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René Rivera
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René Rivera
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Jonathan Turkanis

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Jonathan Turkanis

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Jonathan Turkanis
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- Boost 5
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Jonathan Turkanis
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Inspired by Erik Wien

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Jonathan Turkanis
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Inspired by Erik Wien

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Jonathan Turkanis

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The theme is "Jumpstart your code."

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Dave Abrahams
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Michel André

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Michel André

 

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Daniel Frey

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Kyrre Wedvik
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Nuria Briceño Domenech
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They build on the same idea: "C++" explains itself. The "::Boost" signifies top-level namespace, indicating a library or package. Also "::" is resonable unique for C++ (it's not - to my knowledge - used in any common C++-like language). All three contains both black-and-gray and purely black versions (which is more down-scalable), each as SVG and a PNG. They should perform acceptably even on monochrome or 16-color displays. 

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 Inspired by the logo of <whoever came up with this double-plus-arrangement first> and these "world famous knifes", of course. 
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Walid Gad-El-Karim
 
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Benjamin Herr 
 I believe that my design is quite identifiable with the boost project. The basic message is "boost is boosting c++!". 

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 Anonymous delivery, fast acting, long lasting

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 Boost helps users avoid work and be lazy (in the Perlish sense).  You also have several people declaring C++ dead, but I think it's just "playing possum." Anyhow, Linux has Tux, OS X has Darwin, Plan 9 has Glenda, and BSD has had the daemon, so why not get an animal mascot?  They look good on T-shirts. 
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