Santa Rosa, CA -- (press release) — The Embedded Linux Consortium today announced that Ralf Doewich has won the organization's Logo Design Contest from a field of more than 50 competitors. The winning logo and several runner-ups may be viewed here.

“Our panel of seven judges strongly agreed that Ralf's design best exemplified the vision and mission of the Consortium,” said Murry Shohat, acting Executive Director. “Judging was difficult because many excellent designs were entered.”

The winning designer, Ralf Doewich, an engineer with Cybercube Research Ltd., Ontario, Canada, said “The mission of the ELC energized me to submit ten entries and I am very pleased that one of them was chosen the winner. I sought to achieve clean lines and shapes combined with strong colors to suggest the 'embedded' nature of the ELC's mission. Smaller 'components' combine and make up a larger whole, and the design reminds one of 'block diagrams' to communicate the process of building complete systems.”

Thanks to the generosity of Hewlett-Packard, Doewich will receive an advanced two-megapixel digital camera, the C500. William Woo, General Manager of HP's Embedded Software Operation, said “As a strong supporter of Embedded Linux, Hewlett-Packard is pleased to have contributed to this contest. We are delighted to award this prize. The new logo will help further establish the Embedded Linux Consortium's visibility in the market.”

About the Embedded Linux Consortium

Responding to the rising tide of interest in Linux for embedded applications, representatives from dozens of technology firms formed the ELC, a vendor-neutral trade association dedicated to advancing the depth, breadth and speed of Linux adoption in the enormous embedded computer market. In its first 75 days of operation, membership hit 75 (now at 84). The ELC offers free membership to developers who demonstrate their participation in the Open Source code base of the Linux operating system.

 
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