From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Feb 27 05:12:38 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id FAA23051 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 27 Feb 1995 05:12:38 -0800 Received: from inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com (inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com [16.1.0.33]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id FAA23044 for ; Mon, 27 Feb 1995 05:12:34 -0800 Received: from tartufo.pcs.dec.com by inet-gw-3.pa.dec.com (5.65/10Aug94) id AA29880; Mon, 27 Feb 95 05:09:50 -0800 Received: by tartufo.pcs.dec.com (/\=-/\ Smail3.1.16.1 #16.39) id ; Mon, 27 Feb 95 14:08 MET Message-Id: Date: Mon, 27 Feb 95 14:08 MET From: me@tartufo.pcs.dec.com (Michael Elbel) To: jhs@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: A "FreeBSD" Daemon Newsgroups: pcs.freebsd.hackers References: <199502242351.AAA00827@vector.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de> Reply-To: me@FreeBSD.org Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In pcs.freebsd.hackers you write: >> Ditch the daemon thing. >Mark is unfortunately right :-( >The Daemon is an embarrasment on CD covers, >any `professional' image one may ascribe to FreeBSD when talking to companies, I don't think the daemon is going to hurt FreeBSD's professional image. Look at companies like Corel with their balloons, Borland with their pigs and so on. "Hey there's that cute little devil in the sneakers on the CD. Doesn't it look nice". Or do you think that WC's sales are lower than they could be because they use this wizard as a logo? Do BSDI's sales hurt because they use the daemon? I'd think that, au contraire, FreeBSD would be better recognized *for* the daemon. Michael "trust me, I know it, give me all your money" Elbel -- Michael Elbel, Digital-PCS GmbH, Muenchen, Germany - me@FreeBSD.org Fermentation fault (coors dumped)