[Pythonmac-SIG] MacPython logo redux

[W.H.Offenbach]

On 4-nov-03, at 22:05, John Miller wrote:

> On Tuesday, November 4, 2003, at 03:52 PM, W.H.Offenbach wrote:
>
>>> I don't terribly object to the snake, and prefer a stylized one to a 
>>> photorealistic one, but I think we may unnecessarily push some 
>>> people's buttons by placing a snake in such close proximity to an 
>>> apple (biblical fall from grace story).
>>
>> With all due respect, the fall from grace followed when A&E became 
>> aware, started to know.
>> Besides, the bible doesn't say "apple" it just mentions "fruit". 
>> Making it an apple is man's invention (either by tradition or 
>> translation), not the snake's.
>
> Yes, I agree. It's just that the proximity of the snake and the apple 
> in the graphic is suggestive of the story and may cause unnecessary 
> avoidance by some. ("Lead us not into temptation...") Also, the use of 
> an apple in an app's icon, as others have said, is somewhat redundant 
> on a Macintosh and is not very common.

When it comes to programming, I want to be tempted. To use Python, that 
is ;-)