Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2002 09:25:44 +0000 From: Peter McGarvey <pmcgarvey@vianetworks.co.uk> To: jgrosch@mooseriver.com, Thomas Cannon <tcannon@noops.org> Cc: Matthew Graybosch <matthew@starbreaker.net>, Seric@nervevrak.com, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: The BSD daemon Message-ID: <E16MQbn-0005B9-00@pooh.noc.u-net.net> In-Reply-To: <20020103181917.A99475@mooseriver.com> References: <20020103210527.26f58607.matthew@starbreaker.net> <20020103180458.T31353-100000@stereophonic.noops.org> <20020103181917.A99475@mooseriver.com>
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I thought his name was BSD, pronounced "beastie". On Friday 04 January 2002 02:19 am, Josef Grosch wrote: > On Thu, Jan 03, 2002 at 06:05:14PM -0800, Thomas Cannon wrote: > > I've always known him as 'chucky' > > > > On Thu, 3 Jan 2002, Matthew Graybosch wrote: > > > On Fri, 4 Jan 2002 02:56:12 +0100 > > > > > > "Per-A. Braa" <Seric@nervevrak.com> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > > > Does the BSD daemon have a short-name? Like the linux penguin Tux? > > > > :) It's a bit long to write to my linux hyped friends that the BSD > > > > daemon looks cooler that Tux. Don't you think? > > > > > > "Beastie" > > I think this is covered in the FreeBSD FAQ somewhere and if it is not it > should be. In the distant past the BSD daemon was know as "Chuck" or > "Chucky". Kirk McKusick, who owns the copyright, has let it be know that > he is not a fan of the name and prefers "Beastie". Out of respect for > Kirk we refer to the BSD Daemon as "Beastie". > > > Josef -- TTFN, FNORD Peter McGarvey System Administrator Network Operations, VIA Networks UK To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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