Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1998 13:41:08 +1100 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Drew Baxter <netmonger@genesis.ispace.com>, FreeBSD advocacy list <FreeBSD-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: cvs commit: www/en/copyright daemon.sgml Message-ID: <19981105134107.32872@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <19981105121836.Z784@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 12:18:36PM %2B1030 References: <19981105120703.W784@freebie.lemis.com> <4.1.19981104204210.00a9f810@genesis.ispace.com> <19981105121836.Z784@freebie.lemis.com>
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On Thu, Nov 05, 1998 at 12:18:36PM +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> On Wednesday, 4 November 1998 at 20:42:25 -0500, Drew Baxter wrote:
> > At 12:07 PM 11/5/98 +1030, Greg Lehey wrote:
> >> FYI. For those of you who may not have seen this format before, it's
> >> the message which accompanies any change of the FreeBSD source
> >> repository.
> >>
> >> ----- Forwarded message from "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> -----
> >>
> >>> Remove all mention of the hated name "Chuck" from the description of
> >>> the daemon. He can just remain nameless on an official basis and,
> >>> unofficially, people can just call him whatever the heck they want,
> >>> I guess. :-)
> >>>
> >>> Requested many times by: mckusick
> >> ----- End forwarded message -----
> >>
> >> See complete headers for address, home page and phone numbers
> >> finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key
> >
> > Oh what a pity. Do we call it BrandX Daemon now? :-)
>
> To quote Kirk (16 Feb 1996; as Jordan says, "requested many times"):
>
> Also, he does not have a name. If he did have a name, it certainly
> would not be Chuck! So, please do not continue this Chuck travesty
> that Walnut Creek CD-ROM started in their catalog!
>
> I suggested 'bsdd', but he didn't like that either.
I think it should be called Freebie, but that name's kinda taken :-)
Freebie the Silent Daemon
BTW, I'm still not convinced it's a male, I mean, well, you can tell
by looking.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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