From owner-freebsd-chat Sun Nov 2 19:15:54 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id TAA00621 for chat-outgoing; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 19:15:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat) Received: from gaia.coppe.ufrj.br ([146.164.5.200]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id TAA00603 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 19:15:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonny@coppe.ufrj.br) Received: (from jonny@localhost) by gaia.coppe.ufrj.br (8.8.7/8.8.7) id BAA04364; Mon, 3 Nov 1997 01:15:15 -0200 (EDT) (envelope-from jonny) From: Joao Carlos Mendes Luis Message-Id: <199711030315.BAA04364@gaia.coppe.ufrj.br> Subject: Re: FreeBSD slogan/advert ideas In-Reply-To: <199711021857.TAA19617@bitbox.follo.net> from Eivind Eklund at "Nov 2, 97 07:57:16 pm" To: perhaps@yes.no (Eivind Eklund) Date: Mon, 3 Nov 1997 01:15:14 -0200 (EDT) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk #define quoting(Eivind Eklund) // > // > > "All the power, none of the price. Do what you want. Today." // > > // > > Periods are our friends. // > // > Microsoft asks "where do you want to go today?". // > // > Finally, this burning question can be answered. Paraphrasing other slogans is good to make fun and laugth a little, but not to be used on a "direct marketing" basis. // > // > FreeBSD: Where you want to go. Today. // // Too much Microsoft-related. We shouldn't give them the respect of // paying any attention to their slogan - they don't deserve it. // // IMHO, of course. Me too. :) It's a good slogan, but not good to be "official". Even if it's legal. Paraphrasing other slogans is good to make fun and laugh a little, but not to be used on a "direct marketing" basis. // // Eivind. // Jonny -- Joao Carlos Mendes Luis jonny@gta.ufrj.br +55 21 290-4698 jonny@coppe.ufrj.br Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro UFRJ/COPPE/CISI PGP fingerprint: 29 C0 50 B9 B6 3E 58 F2 83 5F E3 26 BF 0F EA 67