From owner-freebsd-advocacy Sun Jan 10 02:01:02 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id CAA26523 for freebsd-advocacy-outgoing; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:01:02 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp01.wxs.nl (smtp01.wxs.nl [195.121.6.61]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA26515 for ; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 02:00:58 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from asmodai@wxs.nl) Received: from daemon.ninth-circle.org ([195.121.56.4]) by smtp01.wxs.nl (Netscape Messaging Server 3.6) with ESMTP id AAA35C; Sun, 10 Jan 1999 11:00:26 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.3 [p0] on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <19990110015124.H10346@orcrist.mediacity.com> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1999 11:07:59 +0100 (CET) Organization: Ninth Circle Enterprises From: Jeroen Ruigrok/Asmodai To: Gregory Sutter Subject: Re: State of the union, 1999. Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, "Jordan K. Hubbard" , -kevin- Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 10-Jan-99 Gregory Sutter wrote: > On Sun, Jan 10, 1999 at 01:32:42AM -0800, -kevin- wrote: >> >> At 10:47 PM 1/9/99 -0800, jkh wrote: >> >What can we do to change this in 1999? Well, I've also heard our >> >advocate corps calling for logistical support ("Backup! We need some >> >*backup* here!!") and I've listened to them, part of my project for >> >> I know this may sound trite but any time I introduce someone to FreeBSD >> they inevitably ask, "What's the deal with the demon?" >> So my suggestion is that we change our mascot to something more benign. > > It's not really a devil; a daemon is entirely different. The > Shorter Oxford English Dictionary contains: > > Demon Also dæmon. ME [In form, and in sense I, a. L. dæmon > (med. L. demon)...] 1. Gr. Myth. A being of a nature intermediate > between that of gods and men; an inferior divinity, spirit > (including the souls of deceased persons). Often written dæmon > for distinction. 1569. Yup, or as they said `daimon'. The term daemon became evil when Catholics connected daemon to devils and Satan. In general, for someone with a common sense, it's not related to its evil counterpart. Besides you want to change the Daemon? Heh, try that after roughly 8 years of Free/Net/Open existence. Not including the CSRG days before that... And most of the people I speak are quite fond of this cute daemon. (Hey, how could ye not love the guy?) --- Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven A veil of smoke is what I am, asmodai(at)wxs.nl I wait and I wait... Network/Security Specialist BSD & picoBSD: The Power to Serve To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message