From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Feb 11 21:14:07 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F330E16A4CE for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:14:06 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hobbiton.shire.net (hobbiton.shire.net [166.70.252.250]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BE29E43D41 for ; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:14:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from chad@shire.net) Received: from [67.161.222.227] (helo=[192.168.99.68]) by hobbiton.shire.net with esmtpsa (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.43) id 1Czi72-0009WN-AU; Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:14:04 -0700 In-Reply-To: <621dabed4fc2996ae4cb3a2929d6842c@chrononomicon.com> References: <649200329.20050211081852@wanadoo.fr> <621dabed4fc2996ae4cb3a2929d6842c@chrononomicon.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619) Message-Id: From: Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 14:13:56 -0700 To: Bart Silverstrim X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 67.161.222.227 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: chad@shire.net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.0 (2004-09-13) on hobbiton.shire.net X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.1 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_50,PLING_PLING autolearn=disabled version=3.0.0 X-Spam-Level: X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.1+cvs (built Mon, 23 Aug 2004 08:44:05 -0700) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on hobbiton.shire.net) cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Please don't change Beastie to another crap logo such as NetBSD!!! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 21:14:07 -0000 On Feb 11, 2005, at 6:00 AM, Bart Silverstrim wrote: > Since when did FreeBSD, a project always driven by volunteers and not > by commercial matters, suddenly gain a marketing department that is > trying to steer FreeBSD into the business sector? Is FreeBSD starting > to have marketing dictate technology instead of technology dictate > marketing? Sorry, but this does not make sense. FreeBSD is driven by commercial matters. Many of the people that work on it are paid to work on it by their employers, who are using it commercially. FreeBSD will wither away if it does not continue to receive extensive commercial support like Linux gets. When is a logo "technology"? No one is talking about a logo steering technology or technology steering a logo. The sentence "FreeBSD starting to have marketing dictate technology instead of technology dictate marketing?" is irrelevant to this discussion. You can have the best technology in the world, but if no one uses it, who cares? Chad