GP Logos through the years

re: GP Logos though the years

John Richardson — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:57:06 GMT

Nice post here, David. I still think you were the one who created Homer's head.

I have a few others you would remember. Great Plains University, DynamicTools, and of course the short-lived, Great Plains eEnterprise.

Talk about blowing the marketing budget!

re: GP Logos though the years

LeslieVail — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:40:16 GMT

How fun! In addition to JohnR's. I'll add Small Business Manager (Dynamics Lite - Project Blue) and CS+ to the mix.

re: GP Logos though the years

LeslieVail — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:57:01 GMT

I love this kind of stuff, does anyone have any more? I'd love it if you would make all of the logo images available for download. Great for my jeopardy game!

Leslie

re: GP Logos though the years

veeyeskay — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:11:17 GMT

Exceptionally done David. I have been working in GP from v5.5, and you threw the light on the history of GP, which is an amazing fact to know, being in that business . Hats off to you David. You are THE guy... :-)

re: GP Logos though the years

Mickie Stamm — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 05:16:19 GMT

This is great, David. We all got a big kick out of this post, thanks! I remember the 'Homer Simpson' era, Dynamics, eEnterprise.

That logo will always remind me of the sunflower seeds, we miss those little packages of sunflower seeds!

re: GP Logos though the years

David Musgrave — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:22:30 GMT

Posted for Mariano Gomez:

David,

Once again, thanks for bring in back exceptional memories from a (not so) distant past. GPU? For you newbies, that's Great Plains University and yes, it was a vibrant training center of former Great Plains Software. I had to cross half the hemisphere to get there for training from Bogota, Colombia... not the place you want to be in winter.

On a side note, not sure I really liked the coffee at GPU, ugh!

re: GP Logos though the years

Victoria Yudin — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:54:52 GMT

This is great!

Wasn't there a separate eEnterprise logo? A blue/grey e or something? I looked around, but could not find it. And what about SBM/SBF? Or do we not even count that? :-)

re: GP Logos though the years

balasubramonian — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:05:51 GMT

Wow. Nice work David. I think, I have seen Gp only from version 7.0 onwards. Its a wonderful thing to actually see the history of the product, that you are working on, over the years.

Great Job.

re: GP Logos though the years

LeslieVail — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:00:57 GMT

David, I just e-mailed you the e-Enterprise 'e' I think Victoria was talking about.

re: GP Logos though the years

mpolino — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:46:46 GMT

Maybe next we could see a "where are they now" video segment on all the people from the various login/splash screens and training manuals. A "Behind the Application" if you will.

3 ski jumps? I always thought they looked like sails. Not that either one makes much sense in the context of Fargo.

Mark

re: GP Logos though the years

sgray128 — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:57 GMT

Man, that's just stinking funny. Thanks for the laugh!

re: GP Logos though the years

David Musgrave — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:39:30 GMT

Comment from Mark Polino's Blog

Hi Mark,

I looked at the blog for the GP Logo's. It was interesting to see how the earlier logo evolved to the Blue/Yellow logo. That's probably the one logo that I was familiar with and always wondered what two sticks on a setting sun had to do with the software. Now I see the earlier logo's had the image of wheat stalks blowing accross the plains. That make more sense.

re: GP Logos though the years

David Musgrave — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:51:57 GMT

Posting on VSToolsForum.com

http://vstoolsforum.com/forums/p/524/1208.aspx#1208

re: GP Logos though the years

David Musgrave — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:59:17 GMT

Posting from DynamicAccounting.net

http://msdynamicsgp.blogspot.com/2008/07/dynamics-gp-logos-throughout-years.html

re: GP Logos though the years

David Musgrave — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:10:30 GMT

Posting from Dynamics GP Blogster

http://dynamicsgpblogster.blogspot.com/2008/07/microsoft-dynamics-gps-history-from.html

re: GP Logos through the years

Vincent Ong — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:41:08 GMT

David,

You have to get a copy of the eOrder and eCommerce logos as well! =)

Vincent

re: GP Logos through the years

Ruth — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 07:59:25 GMT

This is so hilarious... who would have think that GP is inspired by Homer?

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Daphane — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:52:18 GMT

Wow David this is definitely a trip to memory lane. I remember that Homer head and GP logo story. Ha ha. Would you believe I still have my pins of the 1995 and 1997 logo!! Hhhmm, I think I may even have the shirts too! Thanks for sharing! ;-)

re: GP Logos through the years

Bob Sterzenbach — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 13:23:08 GMT

I started working with Great Plains on version 3.15. I thought the logos for both Great Plains and Dexterity were kind of creepy, in a Pink Floyd sort of way. I was glad when they went with the Homer's hair version of the logo. It didn't make me feel weird. :)

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GP Logos Through the Years

US Dynamics GP Field Team — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:46:11 GMT

This article is about being nostalgic and fun for those of you whom have been working with Dynamics GP

re: GP Logos through the years

David Musgrave — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:03:48 GMT

Posting from the US Dynamics GP Field Team

http://blogs.msdn.com/dynamicsgp/archive/2008/10/01/gp-logos-through-the-years.aspx

re: GP Logos through the years

Irene Boyce — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 07:44:08 GMT

Hi David, you made my Saturday afternoon! No, I don't have a boring life, just cleaning up some left over emails! I really enjoyed you blog about the logos it really brought back heaps of memories. I still have a CD holder with the Great Plains Software logo on it!! I also fondly remember Homer's head. Thanks David.

re: GP Logos through the years

Skip Reardon — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:35:53 GMT

For anyone who has an interest in the "roots" of Dynamics SL (formerly Solomon) - check out the Solomon "museum" - www.SolomonHistory.org

re: GP Logos through the years

Enrique — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 01:06:30 GMT

Ahhh those were the days..

Dynamics supported Mac on the FairCom server.

Damn thing was fast indeed!

Great Plains Historical Timeline

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:06:18 GMT

A little while ago I was sent a document which has the release dates for every release of Great Plains/Microsoft

Great Plains Historical Timeline

Developing for Dynamics GP — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 06:48:04 GMT

A little while ago I was sent a document which has the release dates for every release of Great Plains

re: GP Logos through the years

David Musgrave — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 09:28:39 GMT

Post from Doug Pitcher

http://rbsgp.blogspot.com/2009/04/dynamics-as-second-language.html

re: GP Logos through the years

Ian Stewart — Thu, 07 May 2009 23:44:06 GMT

Who remembers the 'Welcome to Dynamics' wav file that played when you launched....Version 2?...did it carry on in later versions? Is it still available?...I had one customer who never disabled it..and never got sick of hearing it!

Great post. Lots of memories of pens and coffee mugs collected at Fargo and Doug Burgum arriving on a Harley to Stampede and telling his story about Polynesian sailors. And the FRx breakfasts?

re: GP Logos through the years

David Musgrave — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:22:05 GMT

Post from Mohammad Daoud

http://mohdaoud.blogspot.com/2009/04/microsoft-dynamics-gp-logo.html

re: GP Logos through the years

David Musgrave — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 06:27:23 GMT

Posting from DynamicsGP.ie

http://dynamicsgp.wordpress.com/2009/07/03/gp-logos-through-the-years/