Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 01:15:14 -0200 (EDT) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis <jonny@coppe.ufrj.br> To: perhaps@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD slogan/advert ideas Message-ID: <199711030315.BAA04364@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> In-Reply-To: <199711021857.TAA19617@bitbox.follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Nov 2, 97 07:57:16 pm"
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#define quoting(Eivind Eklund) // > // > > "All the power, none of the price. Do what you want. Today." // > > // > > Periods are our friends. // > // > Microsoft asks "where do you want to go today?". // > // > Finally, this burning question can be answered. Paraphrasing other slogans is good to make fun and laugth a little, but not to be used on a "direct marketing" basis. // > // > FreeBSD: Where you want to go. Today. // // Too much Microsoft-related. We shouldn't give them the respect of // paying any attention to their slogan - they don't deserve it. // // IMHO, of course. Me too. :) It's a good slogan, but not good to be "official". Even if it's legal. Paraphrasing other slogans is good to make fun and laugh a little, but not to be used on a "direct marketing" basis. // // Eivind. // Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67
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