Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 12:28:42 GMT From: Salvo Bartolotta <bartequi@inwind.it> To: "David A. Medeiros" <damzz@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Why? Message-ID: <20000629.12284200@bartequi.ottodomain.org> In-Reply-To: <395B229A.D6CD5BD0@mediaone.net> References: <395B229A.D6CD5BD0@mediaone.net>
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< On 6/29/00, 11:19:06 AM, "David A. Medeiros" <damzz@mediaone.net> wrote regarding Why?: > Why is a figure offensive in its caricturization used as the logo for > FreeBSD? Thanks! > David Dear David A. Medeiros, A daemon is an important concept for OSes (in particular, for server OSes): in the picture you will easily recognize the fork(2) reference. I have recently discussed the origin of the word at some length as well as the change in meaning of the original ancient Greek term (ie "daimon", cf "daiomai"): you may wish to search the -doc list for "the word demon". Here I will limit myself to saying that "daimon" was a vox media, and as such it had necessarily no "bad" connotations (cf in Homer, Plato, etc.); those ideas were developed subsequently (cf New Testament). HTH, Salvo To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehelp
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