From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 4 11:54:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B91BE106567A for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:54:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Fraser@mail.frase.id.au) Received: from mail.frase.id.au (203-219-142-174.static.tpgi.com.au [203.219.142.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 360208FC13 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 11:54:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Fraser@mail.frase.id.au) Received: from mail.frase.id.au (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.frase.id.au (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m54BsorB098803 for ; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:54:51 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from Fraser@mail.frase.id.au) Received: (from Fraser@localhost) by mail.frase.id.au (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) id m54BsowQ098802 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:54:50 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from Fraser) Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:54:50 +1000 From: Fraser Tweedale To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080604115449.GA1070@bacardi> References: <20080603090611.09512ba3@gom.home> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) Subject: Re: Looking for gurus willing to help write Freebsd tutorials X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:54:53 -0000 --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 01:45:57AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > [snip]=20 > The issue started several years ago when one of the core > developers started agitating for a different graphic. Apparently > he had been asked too many times for his taste if the FreeBSD > project had something to do with devil worship. A long drawn > out argument ensued but core being core got their way. Core > then started claiming Beastie wasn't a logo, he was a mascot > and that it why we needed a logo (despite the fact that Beastie > has been used as a logo for years) As a > peace offering they tried the contest idea. The submissions > were so crappy they extended the contest deadline. Finally > they got a submission that they decided was OK and that "won" > the contest. The FreeBSD community was not allowed to see > the other entrants. It was your basic star chamber decision. >=20 > Ted I always have wondered about the other entries. Surely someone has got a copy of them lying around; I (and I'm sure many others) would be quite interested to see them, if such a thing is possible. frase --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhGgocACgkQPw/2FZbemTX1OQCePBQOG0rk6DrgDrrw9wrS8Wz3 a10An2abuWRHvx/sjg6gxEwfkPJf10w+ =lMLd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --r5Pyd7+fXNt84Ff3--