Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 15:37:26 +0100 From: "Jeff Rollin" <jeff.rollin@gmail.com> To: "Beech Rintoul" <beech@alaskaparadise.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo Message-ID: <8a0028260605100737t52670e55yea6b3ddccb7112b5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200605100208.38485.beech@alaskaparadise.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNOEONFDAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <200605100208.38485.beech@alaskaparadise.com>
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> > > > Ted > > The most interesting time I've had with beastie was setting up servers an= d > a > website for a Baptist org here in Alaska. I put beastie on the site > thinking > it would never be approved. They were seeking donations and were very > sensitive about the site's image. Not only did the clergy approve the sit= e > with the "powered by" logo, they thought beastie was "cute". Well, as we're on a religious theme, Thank God for common sense. How many religious people worldwide even HAVE devils in their religion, I wonder. Even after several irate emails about displaying the "devil" on a church > site, > the logo remained. It was decided that several narrow minded people did > not > warrant removing it. I didn't even have to explain what a daemon is. Again, amen. Do we really want narrow-minded people in our community? Does anyone? Several months later the site won an award at one of their national > conventions. The plaque featured a screen shot of the front page complete > with beastie! That's devilishly good news, If people are refraining from using FreeBSD because of beastie (which I > don't > believe), they really need to just grow up. Hear, hear If the Baptists don't have any > problem with him, I can't imagine anyone else objecting. I can, but then as you say, they need to grow up. Jeff.
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