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Michael C. Shultz wrote:

>adding my $0.02 to the pot
>
>I hope FreeBSD folks have more pride in their product than
>to allow a few malcontents cause a logo change.  If bestie goes
>AWOL so may I.  Using a product when its own designers won't
>stick by it seams unwise.
>
>-Mike
>  
>

For what values of "it"?  FreeBSD is an operating system,
not a logo.  Most people's decision to use the OS aren't
based on its mascot, I would hope.

FBSD has close ties with the "Beastie" artwork, to be sure; but
saying that the "designers won't stick by it" when referring
to artwork (rather than a "work of art"  --- that is, the system itself)
is a emotionally biased statement.  Not that such is inappropriate,
but to contend that FreeBSD isn't worthy to use because of
contention over "marketing" type issues also *seems* unwise....

KDK