Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 11:06:04 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Ryan.Gamo@sce.com Cc: "David A. Medeiros" <damzz@mediaone.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Offensive figures (wa: Why?) Message-ID: <20000702110604.M18213@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <OF16701279.49C87737-ON8825690E.004EF4E6@sce.com> References: <OF16701279.49C87737-ON8825690E.004EF4E6@sce.com>
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[Format recovered--see http://www.lemis.com/email/email-format.html] On Friday, 30 June 2000 at 7:27:58 -0700, Ryan.Gamo@sce.com 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? > > I think they've watered the demon down to serve as an acceptable logo. Has > about as much meaning to it as the Linux Penguin. It looks good on shirts, > which is probably it's most important purpose. > > Someone once told me that they used it because it was the UC > Berkeley mascot - hardly. They've been the Golden Bears for as long > as I've been a Californian - 19 years (the first 3 in diapers). The daemon, of course, predates both the Berkeley Daemon and your birth. See http://www.daemonnews.org/199810/daemon.html for more details. > > Ryan M. Gamo > IT Application Services - TDBU > Phone: (626)308-6696 * Fax: (626)308-6390 > Pager: (888)586-7992 PIN 318489 > "KNOW YOUR ROLE" > > > > Greg Lehey > <grog@sydney.worldwide.le To: "David A. Medeiros" <damzz@mediaone.net> > mis.com> cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Sent by: Subject: Offensive figures (wa: Why?) > owner-freebsd-questions@F > reeBSD.ORG Is all this really necessary? And what's it supposed to mean? Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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