Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:03:51 +1000 (EST) From: Joel Sutton <jsutton@genesis.net.au> To: advocacy@freebsd.org Cc: vicfug@itworks.com.au Subject: Chuck gets his picture in Tuesday copy of the Australian Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990513083836.3020C-100000@stargate.home>
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Greetings all, Here is a copy of a article that caught my eye in the Australian on Tuesday. In fact, it wasn't the article that caught my eye. It was the picture of Chuck placed at the bottom of the article. The Melbourne Age, and the Australian, have a bias towards Linux articles so even printing the word "FreeBSD" is significant (as least it is to me ;->). Any publicity is better than none. Cheers, Joel... --- Joel Sutton | Busy Bee Consulting Phone: 0409 426-563 | Melbourne, Australia Email: jsutton@genesis.net.au | http://www.genesis.net.au/~jsutton VicFUG Webmaster/Acting President | http://www.vicfug.au.freebsd.org/ ---[snip]------------------------------------------------------------- Defrag by Kerrie Murphy "A mascot with the lot, thanks" Recently Defrag received an e-mail that reminded us we had not been making fun of all open source operating systems equally. Cale Pearce wrote: "There is FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. Some mention of the above would be far more interesting than the usual Linux drivel encountered in most IT sections." This accusation concerns Defrag greatly because there are people in the world who feel the same about operating systems that members of the US National Rifle Association feel about firearms. If we even hint that we consider a particular operating system to be inferior, we will have to stop opening any packages sent to us - without the aid of a X-ray machine - if we want to keep all our fingers. What really got our attention was Cale's comment: "Chuck the daemon is so much cuter than the bloated penguin that can't even stand up". In the various arguments that are waged about the superiority of operating systems, very few people have the courage to play the "My operating system's mascot is cooler than yours" card. And Defrag has to concede that Cale has the facts in his favour, because in a fight between the two, the BSD daemon is definitely going to lay the smack down on that penguin. Beyond the Linux penguin's inability to stand, the daemon has a definite advantage in the form of a pitchfork. All the penguin has is a contented look. Given the clear-cut outcome of this debate, the question must be asked: how come this argument is not raised more often? The answer is simple: your mainstream operating systems have poxy mascots. Who is going to debate whether or not a coloured window with square bits streaming out of it is cooler than that smiley face thing Apple Mac has? Even if another operating system, such as say, OS/2 Warp was to run in and help one of the mascots by ganging up on the other, how much help is a diamond-shape with OS/2 written on it going to be? It has no arms. Therefore, if we are going to have any sensible discussion on the superiority of a given operating system, Windows and Apple are going to have to have an overhaul and adopt new, cute mascots. And what better place to start the ball rolling, than right here and right now? If you have any suggestions as to what creature would make a suitable mascot for either Apple or Windows, e-mail us at the address below and let us know why. Bear in mind that any contenders will have to at least stand a chance of beating the BSD daemon in a death match. murphyk@matp.newsltd.com.au To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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