Date: Thu, 12 Aug 1999 15:45:49 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug <Doug@gorean.org> To: Roelof Osinga <roelof@nisser.com> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@tera.com>, Dutch Collins <dutch@charm.net>, Mitch Collinsworth <mkc@Graphics.Cornell.EDU>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question about the mascot Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908121538170.83327-100000@dt011n65.san.rr.com> In-Reply-To: <37B32E58.B7BE379D@nisser.com>
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On Thu, 12 Aug 1999, Roelof Osinga wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> > All that being said, I realize fully that no one on this list
> > cares. FreeBSD is a hobby OS, by and for the developers. That's been
> > stated many times on the list recently. However, there is someone who's
> > trying to make some $$ of FreeBSD, namely walnut creek, so I occasionaly
> > point out that there are some people in the "freebsd community" who would
> > like to have some promotional material that doesn't have "little devils"
> > on it. Maybe someday they will listen, maybe not. But it makes ME feel
> > better to say it.
>
> Maybe, maybe not. If you take Walnut Creek seriously then also recognize
> the fact that they display the daemon mascotte wherever they can even though
> there is no need for them to do so.
I see it on freebsd stuff, and on the main "home" page for the
site, but I don't see it anywhere else.
> It also assumes that WC is marketing it aggressively and solely for
> profit. Maybe they have other reasons?
Whatever other reasons they may or may not have, they are a
business and they are interested in making a profit, preferably the
biggest profit possible.
> Also, would it be right to cater to the uptight community?
LOL I think this question typifies best the stupidity of the whole
debate. You and your compatriots see the very possibility of FreeBSD stuff
without chuckie as a threat to your bad boy, thumbing nose at society
hacker image. It would be funny if it weren't so sad.
Doug
--
On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only
nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter
what it does.
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