Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2000 11:21:20 -0700 (PDT) From: "J. Goodleaf" <goodleaf@goodleaf.net> To: Chameleon <swen@wavefire.com> Cc: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Offensive figures (wa: Why?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006301116110.8623-100000@clyde.goodleaf.net> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20000630102712.00b03210@mail.wavefire.com>
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The day the FreeBSD development community changes the mascot because a tiny group of people mindlessly believe, and follow unreflectively, words of uncertain authorship apparently created 2000-4000 years ago by nomadic tribesmen is the day I quit everything and throw my computer out the window. (with apologies to The Onion.) -J =============================== John Goodleaf goodleaf@goodleaf.net PGP key: finger goodleaf@clyde.goodleaf.net =============================== On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Chameleon wrote: > 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 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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