From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 11 14:36:07 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E45716A561 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 14:36:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from mail.scls.lib.wi.us (mail.scls.lib.wi.us [198.150.40.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EAA943D53 for ; Thu, 11 May 2006 14:36:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Received: from [172.26.2.238] ([172.26.2.238]) by mail.scls.lib.wi.us (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k4BEZsJV051197; Thu, 11 May 2006 09:35:54 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from nalists@scls.lib.wi.us) Message-ID: <44634BC1.40407@scls.lib.wi.us> Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 09:35:45 -0500 From: Greg Barniskis User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ted Mittelstaedt References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: fbsd@a1poweruser.com, cpghost , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: New FreeBSD Logo 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, 11 May 2006 14:36:15 -0000 Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >> To those taking affront at such answers, no one is saying "oh, fork >> you!" in some intentionally rude or belittling way (at least, I'm >> not), they're saying forking (process-wise) to the appropriate forum >> is the logical thing to do. >> > > I take affront to such answers because of the simple fact that it's > obvious that your perfectly valid answer isn't a real answer. A real > answer would be something that would get rid of this continual > resurgence of this discussion. Thus the suggestion that folks pursue it in a forum where PR might actually be germane, and in a way that might actually bear results. Continual barking on questions@ about how upset folks are has got to be among the very least effective ways of seeking change (other than changes to killfiles). > Based on responses I'd estimate about 60% of FBSD users didn't want > the logo changed before the contest. > > Based on responses post-contest results, I think about 90% of users hate > the new logo. Despite what 24-hour cable news channels might like to have us believe, % self-selected email senders <> % actually holding opinions. Asserting that these are valid statistics is nonsense. Like many folks who really don't care about the logo all that much one way or the other, I simply won't be reading or posting on this subject any more (making any future post counts that much less valid as statistics). -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) , (608) 266-6348