Re: [Gretl-users] a somewhat peculiar question
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011, artur bala wrote:
Dear Allin,
I was asked by some colleagues of mine about the praying boy in the
gretl's icon. What does it stand for? Is there any connection with some
statistical issues?
It's a girl, Gretel, the Grimm character.
Do you think a more, let's say, econometric-inspired icon will
increase
the chances of gretl to get noticed?
I personally like very much the fact that gretl's logo has _nothing_ to do
with econometrics and conveys a warm and gentle image rather than a cold,
possibly pretentious, attempt to look "scientific" by scattering a few
Greek letters here and there. I'd rather surprise a user by guaranteeing
state-of-the-art speed and accuracy coupled with a fairytale character as
a logo than the other way around.
There was some similar discussion on the user list a while back, you'll
find it in the July 2006 archives.
Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti
Dipartimento di Economia
Università Politecnica delle Marche
r.lucchetti(a)univpm.it
http://www.econ.univpm.it/lucchetti