From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 17 16:29:40 2005 Return-Path: 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 B98FE16A4CE for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:29:40 +0000 (GMT) Received: from vms044pub.verizon.net (vms044pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.44]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B27743D1F for ; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:29:40 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ringworm01@gmail.com) Received: from ringworm.mechee.com ([4.27.46.32])0.04 <0IDI00DN48HFD4Z0@vms044.mailsrvcs.net> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:29:40 -0600 (CST) Received: by ringworm.mechee.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 4472A2CE776; Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:29:39 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 08:29:38 -0800 From: "Michael C. Shultz" In-reply-to: To: "Ted Mittelstaedt" Message-id: <200503170829.38563.ringworm01@gmail.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline References: User-Agent: KMail/1.7.2 cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Stupid ASCII loader prompt X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2005 16:29:40 -0000 On Thursday 17 March 2005 08:01 am, you wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Michael C. > > Shultz > > Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 7:42 AM > > To: RacerX > > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > > Subject: Re: Stupid ASCII loader prompt > > > > > > 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. > > It's important to understand that there's only 1 or 2 of the core > members that have sticks up their ass about this issue. The rest > of them don't understand why it's necessary to waste time or labor > on this issue. > > The question then becomes if your a core member, are you going to > bother to spend time on a logo change or not? If the 1 or 2 core > members come up with a different logo, the rest of core probably > isn't going to expend effort on changing the logo, and all the work > to do this will rest on the shoulders of the 1 or 2 malcontents. > > What I think is going to end up happening if they do get a decent > logo out of this contest, is that ultimately your going to see the > new logo used in a few places here and there on the Internet, and > your going to see beastie used at most other places. It will simply > present more confusion to non-FreeBSD users if it does anything at > all. Most likely it will do nothing at all, in the same way that > GM for example uses multiple brands for the same iron. > > Ted We live in a day and age where it is politically incorrect to take pride in anything, and it shows. -Mike