[wxWidgets.git] / docs / publicity / slogans.txt

wxWindows slogan ideas

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http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/products/


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On mug or umbrella:

super-gui-OS-agnostic-XP-Linux-MacOS

(perhaps highlighted in different colours)

wxWindows: "Practically Perfect in Every Way"

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On tote bag:

"Bag yourself some cool tools at wxwindows.org"

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On sweatshirt:

Build an app for Windows, Mac and Linux in a week?
No sweat.

<wxWindows logo>
wxwindows.org

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Hallelujah!
The future is open source and OS-agnostic.
Tool up for it at wxwindows.org.

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On hat:

wxWindows
Brim-full of cool GUI tools

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On frosted glass mug:

just the logo

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Suggested slogans from wx-users:

wxWindows: The API for programmers who aren't sheep.
(Robin Dunn)

Better printed on a shirt:

"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
 butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
 balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying,
 take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations,
 analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a
 tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
 Specialization is for insects."
                                               [Robert A. Heinlein]

maybe stripped down to

"Specialization is for insects."

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The Open-Source, Cross-Platform GUI Framework 
  with Ten Years of Evolution Behind It

I saw this changed to 'native UI' on the website, which is slightly more
accurate but sounds less 'catchy' imho.

.. and templates.

Hmm. I might buy a mug that had, say, a wxLogo and "wxWindows" (and 
maybe the website URL underneath in smaller type) on one side and 
"Specialization is for insects ... and templates" on the other.

.. only if it held at leat a full half (imperial) pint, mind. Not 
one of those wussy 8.5 fl.oz. jobbies.

That'd be a nice ice-breaker when working at a new client's site - 
people would be bound to stop and ask what it was all about!

.. and how about a nice silk tie (US: necktie) with the logo on ... 
Oh, I forgot, we programmers don't wear ties.

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"I can't believe it's not native"

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"Because friends don't let friends use Win32".

(or MFC)

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Have a photo of 3 babes wearing Linux, Windows and Mac Logo T-shirt with
words at the bottom.

"Why choose one when you can have 3?"

(Mohammad Zubair <mzubair@singnet.com.sg>)

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wxWindows: Write it once and for all.

Matt Gregory <msgregory@earthlink.net>

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At front:

    Need an API?
      <wxWindows>
   and get THE API

       C++, Python, Basic, Lua ...

At back

    <windows> OR <linux> OR <mac> ?
                <wxWindows>  is
    <windows> AND <linux> AND <mac>

where <xxxxx> is the respective logo

Manuel Martin <mmartin@ceyd.es>

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Kevin Ollivier wrote:
How about this for a t-shirt slogan?

One API to rule them all, one API to hide them
One API to bridge them all and in the compiler bind them.

wxWindows

How about "and in the linker bind them"? That's where the local libraries 
get bound to the wxWindows code anyway.

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Hugh Gibson wrote:
> > Perhaps a head shot of a Maori with full face tattoo and the
> > slogan "Go native"?
>
> Perhaps the "tattoos" could be various representations of a common
> window control in different operating systems to emphasise the
> native look and feel.

Nice idea. But I wonder where you'll find some volunteer willing to 
have his face tattooed with win32 common controls ;-)

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067ad820 JS	1	wxWindows slogan ideas
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	3	CafePress products:
	4
	5	http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/products/
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	7
	8	-----------
	9
	10	On mug or umbrella:
	11
	12	super-gui-OS-agnostic-XP-Linux-MacOS
	13
	14	(perhaps highlighted in different colours)
	15
	16	wxWindows: "Practically Perfect in Every Way"
	17
	18	-----------
	19
	20	On tote bag:
	21
	22	"Bag yourself some cool tools at wxwindows.org"
	23
	24	-----------
	25
	26	On sweatshirt:
	27
	28	Build an app for Windows, Mac and Linux in a week?
	29	No sweat.
	30
	31	<wxWindows logo>
	32	wxwindows.org
	33
	34	-----------
	35
	36	Hallelujah!
	37	The future is open source and OS-agnostic.
	38	Tool up for it at wxwindows.org.
	39
	40	-----------
	41
	42	On hat:
	43
	44	wxWindows
	45	Brim-full of cool GUI tools
	46
	47	-----------
	48
	49	On frosted glass mug:
	50
	51	just the logo
	52
	53	-----------
	54
	55	Suggested slogans from wx-users:
	56
	57	wxWindows: The API for programmers who aren't sheep.
	58	(Robin Dunn)
	59
	60	Better printed on a shirt:
	61
	62	"A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion,
	63	butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet,
	64	balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying,
65	take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations,
66	analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a
67	tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly.
68	Specialization is for insects."
69	[Robert A. Heinlein]
70
71	maybe stripped down to
72
73	"Specialization is for insects."
74
d7260478	75	============================
067ad820 JS	76	The Open-Source, Cross-Platform GUI Framework
	77	with Ten Years of Evolution Behind It
	78
	79	I saw this changed to 'native UI' on the website, which is slightly more
	80	accurate but sounds less 'catchy' imho.
	81
	82	.. and templates.
	83
	84	Hmm. I might buy a mug that had, say, a wxLogo and "wxWindows" (and
	85	maybe the website URL underneath in smaller type) on one side and
	86	"Specialization is for insects ... and templates" on the other.
	87
	88	.. only if it held at leat a full half (imperial) pint, mind. Not
	89	one of those wussy 8.5 fl.oz. jobbies.
	90
	91	That'd be a nice ice-breaker when working at a new client's site -
	92	people would be bound to stop and ask what it was all about!
	93
	94	.. and how about a nice silk tie (US: necktie) with the logo on ...
	95	Oh, I forgot, we programmers don't wear ties.
	96
d7260478	97	============================
067ad820 JS	98	"I can't believe it's not native"
067ad820 JS	99
d7260478	100	============================
067ad820 JS	101	"Because friends don't let friends use Win32".
	102
	103	(or MFC)
	104
d7260478 JS	105	============================
	106
	107	Have a photo of 3 babes wearing Linux, Windows and Mac Logo T-shirt with
	108	words at the bottom.
	109
	110	"Why choose one when you can have 3?"
	111
	112	(Mohammad Zubair <mzubair@singnet.com.sg>)
	113
	114	============================
067ad820	115
dab73021 JS	116	wxWindows: Write it once and for all.
	117
	118	Matt Gregory <msgregory@earthlink.net>
	119
	120	============================
	121
	122
	123	At front:
	124
	125	Need an API?
	126	<wxWindows>
	127	and get THE API
	128
	129	C++, Python, Basic, Lua ...
	130
	131	At back
	132
	133	<windows> OR <linux> OR <mac> ?
	134	<wxWindows> is
	135	<windows> AND <linux> AND <mac>
	136
	137	where <xxxxx> is the respective logo
	138
	139	Manuel Martin <mmartin@ceyd.es>
	140
	141	============================
	142
	143
	144	Kevin Ollivier wrote:
	145	How about this for a t-shirt slogan?
	146
	147	One API to rule them all, one API to hide them
	148	One API to bridge them all and in the compiler bind them.
	149
	150	wxWindows
	151
	152	How about "and in the linker bind them"? That's where the local libraries
	153	get bound to the wxWindows code anyway.
	154
	155	============================
	156
	157	Hugh Gibson wrote:
	158	> > Perhaps a head shot of a Maori with full face tattoo and the
	159	> > slogan "Go native"?
	160	>
	161	> Perhaps the "tattoos" could be various representations of a common
	162	> window control in different operating systems to emphasise the
	163	> native look and feel.
	164
	165	Nice idea. But I wonder where you'll find some volunteer willing to
	166	have his face tattooed with win32 common controls ;-)
	167
	168	============================
	169
	170