From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 30 10:34:49 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.dbitech.bc.ca (i.caniserv.com [139.142.95.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DC7D937BA36 for ; Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:34:40 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from swen@wavefire.com) Received: (qmail 15863 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2000 17:34:39 -0000 Received: from swen.wavefire.com (139.142.167.220) by 139.142.95.81 with SMTP; 30 Jun 2000 17:34:39 -0000 Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20000630102712.00b03210@mail.wavefire.com> X-Sender: swen@mail.wavefire.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 10:31:27 -0700 To: Doug Barton From: Chameleon Subject: Re: Offensive figures (wa: Why?) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <395CCD89.4660E85D@gorean.org> References: <395B229A.D6CD5BD0@mediaone.net> <20000630183122.F7687@sydney.worldwide.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 09:40 AM 6/30/00 -0700, Doug Barton wrote: >Greg Lehey wrote: > > > > On Thursday, 29 June 2000 at 6:19:06 -0400, David A. Medeiros wrote: > > > Why is a figure offensive in its caricturization used as the logo for > > > FreeBSD? Thanks! > > > > Why, is a figure offensive in its caricturization used as the logo for > > FreeBSD? The logo represents a daemon. What's offensive about that? > > Yes, that's the rationalization for it. But come on. The > character is a >visual pun. It's _clearly_ drawn to represent a devil/demon. The high >minded "It's really a dAemon" business is just a convenient excuse. Why >else would BSDi be passing out little devil horns at usenix? How would >you draw a daemon, really? > > Don't get me wrong, I think it's fine if y'all want to have your > little >joke. As long as you realize that dogged dedication to it will result in >limiting the audience for the product. The meta discussion about whether >that's a good thing, or justified, or an example of the stupidity of the >general populace is simply not relevant to the sales figure argument. It >_does_ offend people. If you think that's ok, more power to you. Actually, all daemons aside... you could then say it comes down to whether the people want an OS that has a mascot that offends (FreeBSD) or code that offends (windows). In my opinion... more people will choose the mascot... And its not like there's not a lot of pictures floating around of Bill Gales with a pointy tail and horns either... now get real. Swen >Doug >-- > "Live free or die" > - State motto of my ancestral homeland, New Hampshire > > Do YOU Yahoo!? > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Your mouse has moved. Windows NT must be restarted for the change to take effect. Reboot now? [ OK ] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message