From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Aug 30 23:34:25 2007 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 5992A16A468 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:34:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from mail.potentialtech.com (internet.potentialtech.com [66.167.251.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2477713C461 for ; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:34:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wmoran@potentialtech.com) Received: from working (c-71-60-127-199.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.60.127.199]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.potentialtech.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E6A9EBC78; Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:34:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 19:34:17 -0400 From: Bill Moran To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?"N=E9lio_Mesquita"?= Message-Id: <20070830193417.4dee72e0.wmoran@potentialtech.com> In-Reply-To: <5c0174560708301553i2c03817asb431c95995d79a1d@mail.gmail.com> References: <5c0174560708301553i2c03817asb431c95995d79a1d@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.4 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-portbld-freebsd6.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: doubts about the freebsd devil 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, 30 Aug 2007 23:34:25 -0000 "N=E9lio Mesquita" wrote: > > Hello to all! > Just for curiosity, why the FreeBSD logo is a little devil? Is there a > history around it? It's not a devil, it's a daemon, and there is plenty of history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computer_software%29 --=20 Bill Moran http://www.potentialtech.com