From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 5 04:32:59 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 71049106564A for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 04:32:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8FA4C8FC1C for ; Thu, 5 Jun 2008 04:32:57 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDSK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id m554WoWe024765; Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:32:52 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Fraser Tweedale" , Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 21:34:02 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1914 In-Reply-To: <20080604115449.GA1070@bacardi> Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Wed, 04 Jun 2008 21:32:52 -0700 (PDT) Cc: 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: Thu, 05 Jun 2008 04:32:59 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Fraser Tweedale > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 4:55 AM > To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: Looking for gurus willing to help write Freebsd tutorials > > > On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 01:45:57AM -0700, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > > [snip] > > 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. > > > > 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. > Start (and end) here: http://logo-contest.freebsd.org/ Ted