Maxima icon



--- "Vadim V. Zhytnikov" <vvzhy@mail.ru> wrote:
> 
> I like your M+xi+sigma idea and drawing is quite nice.
> But it seems to me that it is a bit verbose and complex
> bo be a logo - too many overlapping  curves.
> I think that logo should be a bit simpler and laconic
> to be easily recognizable from the first glance.
> Just IMHO.  No offense  :-)

No problem.  My artistry is not my strong point - this was just to prod
someone into doing a good one.  For the record, I have to confess that
the M+xi+sigma effect was an accident - I was just grabbing for good
looking math symbols and had some dumb luck.  
 
> I also been thinking about name Maxima. It sounds
> good by itself  but so many things around are named
> Maxima - cars, cigarettes ... Well, but I think it is too
> late to change name.

It would be tough - we would have to switch the sourceforge stuff,
which I don't think is trivial.  We might try calling it GNU Macsyma or
something, but that brings up the whole trademark thing again.

CY

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