Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:52:07 +0200 From: "=?UTF-8?B?5paH6bOl?=" <bunchou@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSD logo (a moderate opinion) Message-ID: <20100729095207.6a75d963@centaur.5550h.net> In-Reply-To: <d0838944419ca.4c5028a8@shaw.ca> References: <E8EFF7F9-E26C-4EE6-9961-935D66CC55AA@balholm.com> <4C4F030D.4090208@googlemail.com> <844736C6-506D-417F-B180-389D70B12789@balholm.com> <AANLkTineHv9=aA_=8JU24Wp5T5rGspMDvMMRhHohiuBC@mail.gmail.com> <0924931751598C840714ABD4@utd65257.utdallas.edu> <20100727220952.GO39480@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> <62ff4ba92a711128d74c6319f09ade0c.squirrel@www.gull.us> <d0838944419ca.4c5028a8@shaw.ca>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:55:04 -0600 Dale Scott <dalescott@shaw.ca> wrote: > Personally, I enjoy our mascot Beastie, as well as the > Beastie-influenced official logo. I also smile when I see Casper, > Wendy andHotStuff. However, I also accept there are individuals who > understand these symbols differently than me, and that I may be > alienating them to my detriment. It seems consumer products need to > be mindful of cultural differences, is FreeBSD=C2=A0different? A larger > community and increased OS market share wouldn't be all that bad, > would it? >=20 > I hope that those of you who believe in FreeBSD but with a personal > conflict with the mascot or logo, band together and propose a > complementary alternate symbol. I don't mean flooding the mail list > (it's obvious we can do that on our own), I'm talking about difficult > time-consuming organization, lobbying, and support gathering. For me, > I hope Beastie endures forever - he our first and legacy mascot - but > I also wouldn't object to one or two more officially sanctioned > mascots and logos either.=20 >=20 > Dale Scott >=20 Personally, I tried to stay out of this conversion (because it's OT and I find all religions annoying). But, anyway, IIRC, the reason why our nice little beastie is no longer the official FreeBSD logo, is the sentiments you just mentioned. There was a discussion about this years ago on one of the mailing lists (I don't remember which one anymore), which resulted in a contest, and the result is the horned ball logo you find on the top of www.freebsd.org. This is also the reason why we have to add 'beastie_disable=3D"NO"' to /boot/loader.conf after a fresh install now. So, please, refrain from calling for yet another new logo. Best regards =E6=96=87=E9=B3=A5
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20100729095207.6a75d963>