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Date:      Wed, 22 Feb 1995 02:31:57 +0100 (MET)
From:      J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
To:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers)
Subject:   Re: A "FreeBSD" Daemon
Message-ID:  <199502220131.CAA01018@uriah.heep.sax.de>
In-Reply-To: <16903.793388120@freefall.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Feb 21, 95 09:35:20 am

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As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > Let me suggest something along the same lines.  Ditch the daemon thing.
> 
> Hmmmm.  I'm glad I don't have your mailbox for the next couple of days! ;-)
> 
> Seriously, while I certainly understand the sentiment I don't think
> that this is going to fly.  ...  Linus
> Torvalds even expressed some small envy at the fact that we had a cute
> mascot like this and Linux still couldn't decide on a species, much
> less a specific icon.

Just my DM 0.02:

Don't ditch the daemon.  It's already a known mascot, and everybody
i've been showing the CD's loved him.

Especially, _by_no_means_ use any US-centric symbol.  US is _not_ a
generally accepted place of freedom!  Some people might have other
thoughts in mind when seeing the Star Banner...

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)



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