Date: Sat, 05 Apr 1997 00:27:24 -0800 From: Pedro Giffuni <pgiffuni@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> To: mike allison <mallison@konnections.com> Cc: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BSD's Mascot Message-ID: <33460CEC.B90@fps.biblos.unal.edu.co> References: <1637.860190691@time.cdrom.com> <3346D36A.2E5F7DE4@konnections.com>
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mike allison wrote: > > If anyone is so narrow that they cannot accept the humor and wit which > accompanies a system, and read something DEEP and DARK into that, well > maybe they have bigger problems than which SCSI adapter to buy..... > Just for the record, this "daemon" (this time it's right?) thing came after a series of coincidences. First someone asked me about our mascot (I refer to it as "the daemon previously known as Chuck"), Then the 666 add on the local newspaper, And then the subliminal Microsoft banner saying "Buy no Evil...Download no Evil"... Are we becoming important enough as to worry Microsoft or is Bill trying to to hide his real nature by pointing somewhere else? :-) --Pedro. > -Mike > > Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > > > > I read some time ago that the "deamons" used by BSD were not so devilish > > > after all. The term deamon , in it's latin roots, refers to a higher > > > power, good or bad. In UNIX it is recognized that there are good and bad > > > deamons. > > > > Greg Lehey has a synopsis of this in his book. Indeed, they're not > > devlish. > > > > > evil or devils, but probably our mascot will not gain acceptance in > > > certain countries where religious issues are really important (Israel, > > > Iran, Irak...). > > > > I can live with that. :-) > > > > Jordan
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