why the cone?

[systemm]

ok SO I searched these words:

"logo"
"cone"
"symbo"l
"icon"

and "what the hell is the cone for?"

so really.... why is a cone the logo for VLC media player?
is it because it is always under construction?

[dionoea]

This is what people told me (it would need to be confirmed by really old devs)

On day, people from the VIA association (VIA is a students' network association with many clubs ... amongst those is VideoLAN. More info here : http://www.via.ecp.fr ) came back drunk with a cone. They then began a cone collection (which is now quite impressive i must say). Some time later, the VideoLAN project began and they decided to use the cone as their logo.

[amonamarth]

Never asked myself this question but really you are right what's the cone for and the use of colours ? it reminds me of the 3-rd grade but you have a good lead i think because it always under development. But not in a bad way i think i mean it's not buggy or smthng just constantly improving right ?

[Tombigel]

They then began a cone collection (which is now quite impressive i must say). Some time later, the VideoLAN project began and they decided to use the cone as their logo.

How come there is no Gallery of this collection here?

[Jean-Baptiste Kempf]

Never asked myself this question but really you are right what's the cone for and the use of colours ? it reminds me of the 3-rd grade but you have a good lead i think because it always under development. But not in a bad way i think i mean it's not buggy or smthng just constantly improving right ?

Always easy to find an explanation afterwards. This cone is not more stupid than any other logo, it has a fun meaning and tag the project as really different of other craps

[amonamarth]

one day after i improve my programming skills i would like to create a tank game similar to pocket tanks only in 3d. I really like OpenGL so i think i'll use it to build my game. Should i be worried about the logo / icons ?
anyway i was wondering : how many hours a project like vlc requires ? ( per week)

[amonamarth]

no really can it be done solo ? i know it's pretty hard but how much experience do you need ? and one final thing ... Is it really expensive to make your product known ? i mean marketing you know...

[amonamarth]

this is my last post : can u tell me please the info. I really want to start working on my OpenGL project. Can i do it by myself ? and what about the marketing ?