Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 16:43:29 +0930 From: Malcolm Kay <Malcolm.Kay@internode.on.net> To: Viktor Lazlo <viktorlazlo@telus.net>, Luciano Evaristo Guerche <guercheLE@hotmail.com> Cc: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD logo... Message-ID: <200304171643.29348.Malcolm.Kay@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <20030416173224.M36781-100000@a3ij25fvy80j.bc.hsia.telus.net>
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On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 11:40, Viktor Lazlo wrote: > On Tue, 15 Apr 2003, Luciano Evaristo Guerche wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have heard FreeBSD is quite comparable to Linux and that is a very > > good free OS. I would not use / adhere to it just because the logo it > > adopts. How can a christian install an OS whose logo is a demon in > > his/her computer? > > > > Luciano Evaristo Guerche > > Daemons in unix are equivalent to Windows NT-style services and refer to > programs that run constantly in the background and perform operations > automatically at specified times or when triggered by specified events. > Daemon/demon originates in the Greek daimon="a god, genius, spirit" from > the same root as daiomai, I impart. Any reference to the word or to the > image of a horned red devil as the foe of God have no basis in Christian > doctrine that I am aware of. Although the BSD-logo makes a playful jest > by combining the computer definition with popular imagery it has no > religious significance whatsoever. > > Cheers, > > Viktor > My dictionary distinguishes between daemon and demon though they clearly have similar etymology. All the evil impilications are attached to demon -- not to daemon. In my mind a daemon (a subordinate deity) fits in the same general group as Santa Claus, The Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy. Malcolm Kayhome | help
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